different between matte vs sheen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French mat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæt/
• Homophones: mat, Matt
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

matte (plural mattes)

1. (art, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.

   Synonyms: mat, matting, passe-partout

2. (film) A background, often painted or created with computers

3. (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.

Translations

Adjective

matte (comparative more matte, superlative most matte)

1. (American spelling) Dull; not reflective of light.

   Synonym: (UK) matt

   Antonym: glossy

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Tatem

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

matte

1. Inflected form of mat

Verb

matte

1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of matten
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of matten

French

Verb

matte

1. inflection of matter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -at?

Adjective

matte

1. inflection of matt:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

matte pl

1. plural of matta

Noun

matte f

1. plural of matta

Anagrams

• metta

Japanese

Romanization

matte

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

matte

1. inflection of matt:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

Noun

matte m or f (definite singular matta or matten, indefinite plural matter, definite plural mattene)

1. a mat or rug

Derived terms

• dørmatte

Etymology 3

Noun

matte m (definite singular matten)

1. short form of "matematikk", mathematics, maths (UK), math (US)

Etymology 4

Verb

matte

1. to make something dull, matt
2. to deliver a checkmate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

matte

1. inflection of matt:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

Noun

matte f (definite singular matta, indefinite plural matter, definite plural mattene)

1. a mat or rug

Derived terms

• dørmatte

Etymology 3

Noun

matte m (definite singular matten)

1. short form of "matematikk", mathematics, maths (UK), math (US)

Etymology 4

Verb

matte

1. to make something dull, matt

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

matte

1. inflection of matta (“intoxicated”):
   1. locative singular masculine/neuter
   2. accusative plural masculine
   3. vocative singular feminine

Swedish

Adjective

matte

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of matt.

Noun

matte c

1. female owner of a pet; clipping of matmor.
2. (uncountable, colloquial) maths; clipping of matematik.

Declension

Antonyms

• (female owner of a pet): husse (male owner of a pet)

See also

• husse

Anagrams

• metat, temat

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: sh?n, IPA^(key): /?i?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English shene, schene, from Old English s??ene (“beautiful, fair, bright, brilliant, light”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaun?, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh?-.

Cognate with Scots schene, scheine (“beautiful, fair, attractive”), Saterland Frisian skeen (“clean, pure”), West Frisian skjin (“nice, clean”), Dutch schoon (“clean, beautiful, fair”), German schön (“beautiful”), Danish skøn (“beautiful”), Norwegian Bokmål skjønn (“beautiful”), Norwegian Nynorsk skjønn (“beautiful”), Swedish skön (“beautiful, fine”). Compare also the loanword Finnish kaunis (“beautiful”). See also English show.

Adjective

sheen (comparative sheener, superlative sheenest)

1. (rare, poetic) Beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.

Derived terms

• sheenly

Noun

sheen (countable and uncountable, plural sheens)

1. Splendor; radiance; shininess.
   • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan

2. A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface.
   • 2017, Jeffrey Miller, Ann Powers, Introduction to Environmental Law: Cases and Materials on Water Pollution Control, West Academic (?ISBN)

Derived terms

• sheenful
• sheenless
• sheeny

Translations

Verb

sheen (third-person singular simple present sheens, present participle sheening, simple past and past participle sheened)

1. (rare, intransitive, poetic) To shine; to glisten.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

sheen (plural sheens)

1. The letter ? in the Arabic script.

Further reading

• sheen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia