different between mats vs masts

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæts/
• Rhymes: -æts

Noun

mats

1. plural of mat

Verb

mats

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mat

Anagrams

• AMTs, ASTM, ATMs, MAST, MTAs, Mast, Stam, amts, mast, mast-, stam, tams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• matsu

Etymology

From Latin matia, probably remade from the plural form. Compare Romanian ma?, ma?e; also Sardinian matza (“belly”), macia, massa, matta.

Noun

mats n (plural matsã)

1. bowel, intestine

Derived terms

• dizmats

French

Noun

mats m

1. plural of mat

Gothic

Romanization

mats

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mat-, from Proto-Indo-European *m?-, *m-et- (“to mark, to measure”), whence also Latvian mest (“to throw”) (older meaning “to measure”, from Proto-Indo-European *m?-ti- (“measure, wisdom”)). The original meaning was thus “measure, mark” (a derived meaning of “compensation, payment (for milling grain)” < “amount measured to be given as payment” is attested in older sources and in some dialects). The semantic evolution was “measure” > “body part used as measure unit” > “small measure / small body part used as measure unit” > “hair” (note that human and animal hair (wool) was an ancient small measure unit among many peoples, including ancient Latvians). In some expressions, traces of the earlier meaning of mats as “small measure unit” can still be seen: uz mata (“correct”), mats mat?, ne par matu. Cognates include Lithuanian mãtas (“measure, measure unit”), Russian ??????? (métit?, “to mark, to label”), Sanskrit ???? (m?ti), ?????? (m??ti, mim??ti, “to measure”), Albanian matë (“measure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mats]

Noun

mats m (1st declension)

1. (anatomy, usually plural) (head) hair (set of keratin filaments which grow on the top of a human being's head)

2. (anatomy, singular or plural) each keratin filament on the body of human beings or other animals

Declension

Synonyms

• (of "animal hair"): spalva

Derived terms

• gaišmatis, gaišmate, gaišmatains
• matains
• rudmatis, rudmate, rudmatains
• sirmmatis, sirmmate, sirmmatains
• tumšmatis, tumšmate, tumšmatains

References

Spanish

Noun

mats m pl

1. plural of mat

Swedish

Noun

mats

1. indefinite genitive singular of mat

Anagrams

• mast, samt, stam

English

Noun

masts

1. plural of mast

Verb

masts

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mast

Anagrams

• ASTMS, stams

Swedish

Noun

masts

1. indefinite genitive singular of mast

Anagrams

• sms:at, stams