# maten
## Asturian
### Verb

maten
* third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of matar

## Catalan
### Verb

maten
* third-person plural present indicative of matar

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmatɛn]

### Participle

maten
* masculine singular passive participle of mást

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ˈmaːtə(n)/
* Rhymes: -aːtən

### Noun

maten
* plural of maat

### Verb

maten
* inflection of meten:
** plural past indicative
** (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

### Anagrams

* ament

## Galician
### Verb

maten
* inflection of matar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French matin (“morning”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /matɛ̃/

### Noun

maten
* morning

## Middle English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaːtən/

### Etymology 1

From Middle French mater (“to checkmate”); equivalent to mat (“checkmate”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

#### Alternative forms

* maat, mate

#### Verb

maten
* To checkmate (capture the king in chess)

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) maten, mate | (to) maten, mate |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | mate | mated |
| 2nd-person singular | matest | matedest |
| 3rd-person singular | mateth | mated |
| subjunctive singular | mate | mated |
| imperative singular | mate | — |
| plural$^1$ | maten, mate | mateden, matede |
| imperative plural | mateth, mate | — |
| participles | matynge, matende | mated, mat, ymated, ymat |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: mate

##### References

* “māten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Old French mater (“to kill”), from Vulgar Latin *mattō, of disputed origin. Equivalent to mat (“tired”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

#### Alternative forms

* mat, mate, matin, matyn

#### Verb

maten
* To overpower, defeat or quell.
* To terrify or sadden; to render helpless.
* To confuse; to confound.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) maten, mate | (to) maten, mate |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | mate | mated |
| 2nd-person singular | matest | matedest |
| 3rd-person singular | mateth | mated |
| subjunctive singular | mate | mated |
| imperative singular | mate | — |
| plural$^1$ | maten, mate | mateden, matede |
| imperative plural | mateth, mate | — |
| participles | matynge, matende | mated, mat, ymated, ymat |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: mate

##### References

* “māten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

maten m
* definite singular of mat

### Anagrams

* manet, mante, -menta, matne, menta, metan, namet

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maːtn̩/ (some dialects)

### Noun

maten m
* definite singular of mat

## Spanish
### Verb

maten
* inflection of matar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Swedish
### Noun

maten
* definite singular of mat

### Anagrams

* manet, menat, metan, teman