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matt (comparative more matt, superlative most matt)

1. (chiefly British spelling) alternative spelling of matte
   • 2009, Michael Marshall, Bad Things, →ISBN, page 250:

     Outside the sky was low and hard and cold, with a matt texture I recognized from when I'd lived around here.

matt (plural matts)

1. (film) Alternative spelling of matte (“background, often painted or created with computers”)
2. Alternative spelling of mat (“an alloy in coppersmithing”)

From Middle Low German matte, from Late Latin matta.

matt (genitive mati, partitive matti)

1. mat (small rug)

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matt (genitive mati, partitive matti, comparative matim, superlative kõige matim)

1. matte (dull)

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Ultimately from Persian شاه مات‎ (šâh mât).

matt (genitive mati, partitive matti)

1. (chess) checkmate

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• M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “matt”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language]‎ (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)

• matt in Sõnaveeb

From Old French mat (“in checkmate”), a clipping of French échec et mat (“checkmate”), with influence from French mat (“matt; pale”).

• IPA^(key): /mat/
• Rhymes: -at

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matt (strong nominative masculine singular matter, comparative matter, superlative am mattesten)

1. dull (not shiny)
2. exhausted, weak, feeble (not lively, vigorous, energetic)
   • 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 624:

     Während der langen Heimfahrt senkte sich allmählich eine matte Stimmung über die sonst so unermüdlich frohe Gesellschaft.

     During the long trip home, gradually a feeble mood came down on the otherwise so tirelessly cheery group.

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• → Polish: mat

• schachmatt
• mattsetzen

• “matt” in Duden online
• “matt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Proto-Finnic *matadak.

matt

1. (Salaca) creep

• IPA^(key): /mɑt/
• Rhymes: -ɑt
• Homophone: Matt

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1. matte, dull, wan
2. feeble, weary

matt

1. Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”)

matt

1. Alternative form of mat (“tired”)

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1. (colour) dull, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
2. weak, feeble, listless
3. (chess) checkmated
4. (glass) frosted

• “matt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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1. (colour) dull, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
2. weak, feeble, listless
3. (chess) checkmated
4. (glass) frosted

• “matt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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matt

1. weak, faint

• IPA^(key): /mat/

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matt (comparative mattare, superlative mattast)

1. weak, listless
2. (of colours) matte
3. (chess) checkmate, in the phrase göra någon matt

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• mattsvart
• schack matt

• mätt
• matta

• matt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• matt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• matt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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