# matte
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mæt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Homophones: mat, Matt
* Rhymes: -æt

### Noun

matte (plural mattes)
* (art, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
    Synonyms: mat, matting, passe-partout
    The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide).
* (film) A background, often painted or created with computers
    Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means.
* (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
* An instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface.

#### Derived terms

* closed matte
* hard matte
* open matte
* soft matte

#### Translations
### Adjective

matte (comparative more matte, superlative most matte)
* (American spelling) Dull; not reflective of light.
    Synonyms: (UK) matt, flat; see also Thesaurus:dim
    Antonym: glossy
    Flat or matte paint allows a deep color expression on the walls while also hiding flaws that may be inherent on the painted surface.
    a matte lipstick

#### Derived terms

* demi-matte

#### Translations
### Verb

matte (third-person singular simple present mattes, present participle matting, simple past and past participle matted)
* (transitive) To produce a dull, lustreless surface on (metal).

### Further reading

* matte (metallurgy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* mat (picture framing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Tatem

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

matte
* inflection of mat:
** masculine/feminine singular attributive
** definite neuter singular attributive
** plural attributive

### Verb

matte
* inflection of matten:
** singular past indicative
** (dated or formal) singular past/present subjunctive

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

matte
* inflection of matter:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -atə

### Adjective

matte
* inflection of matt:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmat.te/
* Rhymes: -atte
* Hyphenation: màt‧te

### Adjective

matte pl
* plural of matta

### Noun

matte f
* plural of matta

### Anagrams

* metta

## Japanese
### Romanization

matte
* Rōmaji transcription of まって

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* mat

### Etymology

From Old English meatte, meatta, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmat(ə)/

### Noun

matte (plural mattes or matten)
* mat (piece of coarse material)
* (rare) A coarse pad for a bed.

#### Descendants

* English: mat (see there for further descendants)
* Scots: mat

#### References

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

matte
* inflection of matt:
** definite singular
** plural

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

matte m or f (definite singular matta or matten, indefinite plural matter, definite plural mattene)
* a mat or rug

##### Derived terms

* dørmatte
* musematte

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

matte m (definite singular matten)
* Clipping of matematikk.
    Favorittfaget mitt på skolen er matte.My favourite subject in school is maths.

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

matte
* to make something dull, matt
* to deliver a checkmate

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

matte
* inflection of matt:
** definite singular
** plural

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

matte f (definite singular matta, indefinite plural matter, definite plural mattene)
* a mat or rug

##### Derived terms

* dørmatte

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

matte m (definite singular matten)
* short form of "matematikk", mathematics, maths (UK), math (US)

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

matte
* to make something dull, matt

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* मत्ते (Devanagari script)
* মত্তে (Bengali script)
* මත‍්තෙ (Sinhalese script)
* မတ္တေ or မတ်တေ (Burmese script)
* มตฺเต or มัตเต (Thai script)
* ᨾᨲ᩠ᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script)
* ມຕ຺ເຕ or ມັຕເຕ (Lao script)
* មត្តេ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄬 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

matte
* inflection of matta (“intoxicated”):
** locative singular masculine/neuter
** accusative plural masculine
** vocative singular feminine

## Portuguese
### Verb

matte
* inflection of mattar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

matte
* definite natural masculine singular of matt

### Noun

matte c
* female owner of a pet; clipping of matmor.
    Ja var är matte? Var är matte?Yes where is mommy? Where is mommy?
* (uncountable, colloquial) maths; clipping of matematik.
    Är du klar med matten tills imorgon?Are you done with the math for tomorrow?
    sitta och räkna mattesit and do math
* Alternative spelling of mate (“maté”)
* 16th–17th century spelling of matta (“coarse protective material”)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “female pet owner”): husse (“master, male owner”)

### See also

* husse

### References

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

### Anagrams

* metat, temat