mát

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːt]

mát f

1. genitive plural of máta

• IPA^(key): [mɔaːʰt]

From Old Norse mát (‘measure’).

mát n (genitive singular máts, plural mát)

1. measure
2. measuring tool / device / instrument
3. unit of measurement

• máta (to measure)

From Old Norse mát (‘checkmate’).

mát n (genitive singular máts, uncountable)

1. (chess) checkmate
   • seta ein mát

     to checkmate someone

   • mát uttan skák

     mate without check (stalemate)

• máta (to checkmate)

? From English mate.

mát n (no declension)

1. (in expressions) mate, friend
   • vera (væl í) mát

     to be friends

   • vera illa í mát

     to be foes

   • teir eru einki mát

     they are not particularly good friends

   • pápi og hann vóru sovorðið mát

     daddy and him were such good friends

ma +‎ -t

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːt]
• Hyphenation: mát

mát

1. accusative singular of ma

• IPA^(key): /mauːt/

  Rhymes: -auːt

mát n (genitive singular máts, nominative plural mát)

1. (chess) checkmate

• máta (“to checkmate”)
• peðmát (“checkmate with a pawn”)

From Proto-Katuic *mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat.

• IPA^(key): [mat]

mát 

1. (anatomy) eye

From Proto-Vietic *t-maːc.

The sense "cray-cray" is possibly also a phono-semantic matching with English mad, although the word is unlikely to be actually derived from English as it has the synonym ấm (“warm”).

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maːt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [maːk̚˦˥]
• Homophone: mác (southern Vietnam)

mát • (沫, 𠖾, 𩗂, 𫖼)

1. (of weather or temperature) cool

   Antonyms: ấm, nóng

2. (of food or drink) pleasant, soothing, agreeable, goes down easily

   Synonym: mát ruột

   Antonyms: nóng, nóng ruột

3. smoothly ironic
4. a little short of the weight shown on the scale
5. (slang) cray-cray

   Synonym: ấm

• Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “mát”, in Việt–Việt‎^[1] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024