matun

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mattone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǎtuːn/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧tun

Noun

màtūn m inan or m anim (Cyrillic spelling ма̀тӯн) (regional)

  1. (inanimate) brick
  2. (derogatory, animate) blockhead, brickhead

References

  • “matun”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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