# matt
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

matt (comparative more matt, superlative most matt)
* (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.

### Noun

matt (plural matts)
* (film) Alternative spelling of matte (“background, often painted or created with computers”)
* Alternative spelling of mat (“an alloy in coppersmithing”)
* Alternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”)

### Verb

matt (third-person singular simple present matts, present participle matting, simple past and past participle matted)
* Alternative form of matte (“to produce a dull, lustreless surface on metal”)

## Estonian
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German matte, from Late Latin matta.

#### Noun

matt (genitive mati, partitive matti)
* mat (small rug)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From German matt.

#### Adjective

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

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Ultimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât).

#### Noun

matt (genitive mati, partitive matti)
* (chess) checkmate

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “matt”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

### References

* matt in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## German
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mat/
* Rhymes: -at
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

matt (strong nominative masculine singular matter, comparative matter, superlative am mattesten)
* dull (not shiny)
* 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.

#### Descendants

* → Polish: mat

#### See also

* schachmatt
* mattsetzen

### Further reading

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

## Livonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *matadak.

### Verb

matt
* (Salaca) creep

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑt/
* Rhymes: -ɑt
* Homophone: Matt

### Adjective

matt (masculine matten, neuter matt, comparative méi matt, superlative am mattsten)
* matte, dull, wan
* feeble, weary

#### Declension
## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

matt
* Alternative form of mat (“checkmate”)

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

matt
* Alternative form of mat (“tired”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French mat and German matt.

### Adjective

matt (neuter singular matt, definite singular and plural matte, comparative mattere, indefinite superlative mattest, definite superlative matteste)
* (colour) dull, matt
* weak, feeble, listless
* (chess) checkmated
* (glass) frosted

### References

* “matt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French mat and German matt.

### Adjective

matt (neuter singular matt, definite singular and plural matte, comparative mattare, indefinite superlative mattast, definite superlative mattaste)
* (colour) dull, matt
* weak, feeble, listless
* (chess) checkmated
* (glass) frosted

### References

* “matt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Compare German matt.

### Adjective

matt
* weak, faint

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mat/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

matt (comparative mattare, superlative mattast)
* weak, listless
* (of colours) matte
* (chess) checkmate, in the phrase göra någon matt

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### Antonyms

* (of colours): blank

#### Related terms

* mattsvart
* schack matt

#### See also

* mätt
* matta

### References

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

### Anagrams

* tamt