matras

Meaning

1. (feminine, neuter) a mattress (a firm pad on which a person can recline and sleep)
2. (feminine, neuter) by extension, a technical bedding or padding to protect something
3. (derogatory, feminine, neuter, slang) a slut, harlot, a girl so easy that 'everybody does her'; sometimes extended to men who are promiscuous

Concepts

mattress

mat

mattresses

Synonyms

stro

Translations

colchón

matelas

Matratze

colchão

materasso

doşek

döşek

matalàs

culcita

mitêl

binrax

στρώμα

Steppbett

şilte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/maːˈtrɑs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: matrasse

Cognate with Occitan: almatrac

Cognate with Spanish: almadraque

Cognate with Portuguese: almadraque

In summary

From Middle Dutch matrasse, matratse, from Old French materas (modern matelas), from Italian materasso (cognate with Occitan almatrac, Spanish almadraque, Portuguese almadraque), from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ), itself perhaps from مُطْرَح (muṭraḥ).

Sentences

Een goede matras is niet te zacht .

A good mattress is not too soft.