different between tatt vs matt

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• tat

Noun

tatt (plural tatts)

1. (slang) Clipping of tattoo.

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• tat

Noun

tatt (plural tatts)

1. (Britain, gambling, slang, archaic) A die, especially one that is loaded.
   • 1897, Frances Heath Freshfield, The Wrothams of Wrotham Court (page 73)

     "Oh," said Killigrew, "you had the wit not to give yourselves out for sharpers?"
     "Yes, sir; we used common dice; not tatts."
     "You'd best keep the tatts till he's drunk," said Killigrew drily, "for I think you'll find my lord has a head on his shoulders when he's sober."

Estonian

Noun

tatt

1. snot (nasal mucus)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tatt

1. past participle of ta

   […] for de ord som du gav mig, har jeg gitt dem, og de har tatt imot dem og kjent i sannhet at jeg er utgått fra dig, og de har trodd at du har utsendt mig.

   […] for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tatt

1. past participle of ta

Swedish

Verb

tatt

1. (regional, colloquial, nonstandard) supine of ta.

   Synonym: tagit (standard)

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse þáttr, from Proto-Germanic *þ?htuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t?ot??], [t?ät??], [t??t??]

  Rhymes: -ót?

Noun

tatt

1. A flock, tuft.

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