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matras.

a mattress (a firm pad on which a person can recline and sleep)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/maːˈtrɑs/
  1. a mattress (a firm pad on which a person can recline and sleep)

    feminine · neuter
  2. a technical bedding or padding to protect something

    broadly · feminine · neuter
  3. a slut, harlot, a girl so easy that 'everybody does her'; sometimes extended to men who are promiscuous

    derogatory · feminine · neuter · slang
Where this word comes from

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).

noun/maːˈtrɑs/
  1. a container of several types: an alchemist's long-necked glass receiver

    masculine · obsolete
  2. a container of several types: a leather bag

    masculine · obsolete
  3. a container of several types: a urinal

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From French matras, from Arabic مَطَرَة (maṭara, “leather bag”).

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