# madras
## English
### Etymology

From Madras, former name of the Indian city Chennai, where it was first produced.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məˈdɹæs/, /ˈmædɹəs/

### Noun

madras (countable and uncountable, plural madrases)
* A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.
** 1887, G. W. Cable, “Au Large”, in Scribner's Monthly, volume 35, page 90:A black woman in blue cotton gown, red-and-yellow Madras turban […] crouched against the wall.
** 2004 August 30, The New Yorker, page 38:The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company’s items—cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like—to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can’t make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers
** 2023 June 10, Robert Armstrong, “Check yourself: why I love madras cloth”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 4:In one area, however, I stick close to my roots: an unreconstructed loved of madras cloth. Madras (pronounced, in the US, with the emphasis on the first syllable) is a lightweight carded cotton cloth with a bright plaid pattern, first produced in and named for the Indian city now known as Chennai.
* A large handkerchief of this fabric, worn on the head in the West Indies.
* Alternative form of Madras (“type of curry”)
** 2002, Desmond Barry, A Bloody Good Friday, page 157:Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.

#### Translations
### Further reading

* madras (cloth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Mardas, damars, dramas, masdar

## Danish
### Etymology

From Dutch matras or German Matratze (from Middle High German, from Old Italian materazzo).

### Noun

madras c (singular definite madrassen, plural indefinite madrasser)
* mattress

#### Declension
### References

* “madras” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English madras.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑdrɑs/, [ˈmɑ̝drɑ̝s̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑdrɑs
* Hyphenation: mad‧ras

### Noun

madras
* madras (type of cotton fabric)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of madras (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madrakseni
madrakseni
accusative
nom.
madrakseni
madrakseni
gen.
madrakseni
genitive
madrakseni
madrasteni madraksieni
partitive
madrastani
madraksiani
inessive
madraksessani
madraksissani
elative
madraksestani
madraksistani
illative
madrakseeni
madraksiini
adessive
madraksellani
madraksillani
ablative
madrakseltani
madraksiltani
allative
madrakselleni
madraksilleni
essive
madraksenani
madraksinani
translative
madraksekseni
madraksikseni
abessive
madraksettani
madraksittani
instructive
comitative
—madraksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madraksesi
madraksesi
accusative
nom.
madraksesi
madraksesi
gen.
madraksesi
genitive
madraksesi
madrastesi madraksiesi
partitive
madrastasi
madraksiasi
inessive
madraksessasi
madraksissasi
elative
madraksestasi
madraksistasi
illative
madrakseesi
madraksiisi
adessive
madraksellasi
madraksillasi
ablative
madrakseltasi
madraksiltasi
allative
madraksellesi
madraksillesi
essive
madraksenasi
madraksinasi
translative
madrakseksesi
madraksiksesi
abessive
madraksettasi
madraksittasi
instructive
comitative
—madraksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madraksemme
madraksemme
accusative
nom.
madraksemme
madraksemme
gen.
madraksemme
genitive
madraksemme
madrastemme madraksiemme
partitive
madrastamme
madraksiamme
inessive
madraksessamme
madraksissamme
elative
madraksestamme
madraksistamme
illative
madrakseemme
madraksiimme
adessive
madraksellamme
madraksillamme
ablative
madrakseltamme
madraksiltamme
allative
madraksellemme
madraksillemme
essive
madraksenamme
madraksinamme
translative
madrakseksemme
madraksiksemme
abessive
madraksettamme
madraksittamme
instructive
comitative
—madraksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madraksenne
madraksenne
accusative
nom.
madraksenne
madraksenne
gen.
madraksenne
genitive
madraksenne
madrastenne madraksienne
partitive
madrastanne
madraksianne
inessive
madraksessanne
madraksissanne
elative
madraksestanne
madraksistanne
illative
madrakseenne
madraksiinne
adessive
madraksellanne
madraksillanne
ablative
madrakseltanne
madraksiltanne
allative
madraksellenne
madraksillenne
essive
madraksenanne
madraksinanne
translative
madrakseksenne
madraksiksenne
abessive
madraksettanne
madraksittanne
instructive
comitative
—madraksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madraksensa
madraksensa
accusative
nom.
madraksensa
madraksensa
gen.
madraksensa
genitive
madraksensa
madrastensa madraksiensa
partitive
madrastaan madrastansa
madraksiaan madraksiansa
inessive
madraksessaan madraksessansa
madraksissaan madraksissansa
elative
madraksestaan madraksestansa
madraksistaan madraksistansa
illative
madrakseensa
madraksiinsa
adessive
madraksellaan madraksellansa
madraksillaan madraksillansa
ablative
madrakseltaan madrakseltansa
madraksiltaan madraksiltansa
allative
madrakselleen madraksellensa
madraksilleen madraksillensa
essive
madraksenaan madraksenansa
madraksinaan madraksinansa
translative
madraksekseen madrakseksensa
madraksikseen madraksiksensa
abessive
madraksettaan madraksettansa
madraksittaan madraksittansa
instructive
comitative
—madraksineen madraksinensa :

#### Synonyms

* madraspuuvilla

#### Derived terms

* madrasruutuinen

### Further reading

* “madras”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

From Madras.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.dʁas/ ~ /ma.dʁɑs/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

madras m (plural madras)
* (textiles) madras

### Further reading

* “madras”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French madras.

### Noun

madras n (plural madrasuri)
* (textiles) madras

#### Declension
### References

* madras in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Màdras.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mǎdras/
* Hyphenation: mad‧ras

### Noun

màdras m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀драс)
* (textiles) madras

#### Declension
### References

* “madras”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025