different between matt vs batt

English

Adjective

matt (comparative more matt, superlative most matt)

1. (chiefly British spelling) alternative spelling of matte

Noun

matt (plural matts)

1. (film) Alternative spelling of matte (“background, often painted or created with computers”)
2. Alternative spelling of mat (“an alloy in coppersmithing”)

Estonian

Noun

matt (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. checkmate (chess)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• matt in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat/
• Rhymes: -at

Adjective

matt (comparative matter, superlative am mattesten)

1. dull (not shiny)
2. exhausted, weak, feeble (not lively, vigorous, energetic)
   • 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 624:

Declension

See also

• schachmatt
• mattsetzen

Descendants

• ? Polish: mat

Further reading

• “matt” in Duden online

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *matadak.

Verb

matt

1. (Salaca) creep

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?t/
• Rhymes: -?t
• Homophone: Matt

Adjective

matt (masculine matten, neuter matt, comparative méi matt, superlative am mattsten)

1. matte, dull, wan
2. feeble, weary

Declension

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)

1. (colour) dull, matt
2. weak, feeble, listless
3. (chess) checkmated
4. (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)

1. (colour) dull, matt
2. weak, feeble, listless
3. (chess) checkmated
4. (glass) frosted

References

• “matt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German matt.

Adjective

matt

1. weak, faint

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat/

Adjective

matt (comparative mattare, superlative mattast)

1. weak, listless
2. (of colours) matte
3. (chess) checkmate, in the phrase göra någon matt

Declension

Antonyms

• (of colours): blank

Related terms

• mattsvart
• schack matt

See also

• mätt
• matta

Anagrams

• tamt

Westrobothnian

Adverb

matt

1. Alternative form of mått

English

Etymology

Late Middle English in the sense "piece, lump," of uncertain origin, but possibly related to the noun bat with the sense of "beaten" fabric.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

batt (plural batts)

1. Pieces of fabric or fibre used for stuffing; as for batting or insulation
2. (Polari, usually in the plural) A shoe.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• TTAB, attB

Middle English

Noun

batt

1. Alternative form of bat

Old Norse

Verb

batt

1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of binda