English

Noun

Mats

1. plural of Mat

   There are 3 Mats in this department.

Anagrams

• ASTM
• ATMs
• mast
• tams

Faroese

Proper noun

Mats m

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Mats: Matsson
• daughter of Mats: Matsdóttir

Declension

Norwegian

Etymology

Short form of Mathias and related names. Cognate with Danish Mads.

Proper noun

Mats

1. A male given name.

Swedish

Etymology

Vernacular form of Mattias and Matteus. First recorded in Sweden in 1494 as Matz.

Proper noun

Mats

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Mathias, Mattias, Matts
• (surnames) Matsson, Mattsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 65 156 males with the given name Mats living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

English

Noun

mats

1. plural of mat

Verb

mats

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of mat

Anagrams

• ASTM
• ATMs
• mast
• tams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• matsu

Etymology

From Latin matia, probably remade from the plural form. Compare Daco-Romanian maț, mațe. Cf. also Sardinian matza ‎(“belly”), macia, massa, matta.

Noun

mats n ‎(plural matsã)

1. (anatomy) bowel, intestine

Derived terms

• dizmats

French

Noun

mats m

1. plural of mat

Gothic

Romanization

mats

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃

Latvian

Mati (1)

Mati (2)

Mats (2)

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *mat-, from Proto-Indo-European *mē-, *m-et- ‎(“to mark, to measure”), whence also Latvian mest ‎(“to throw”) (older meaning “to measure”, from Proto-Indo-European *mē-ti “measure,” “wisdom”). The original meaning was thus “measure,” “mark” (a derived meaning of “compensation, payment (for milling grain)” < “amount measured to be given as payment” is attested in older sources and in some dialects). The semantic evolution was “measure” > “body part used as measure unit” > “small measure / small body part used as measure unit” > “hair” (note that human and animal hair (wool) was an ancient small measure unit among many peoples, including ancient Latvians). In some expressions, traces of the earlier meaning of mats as “small measure unit” can still be seen: uz mata “correct,” mats matā “very precise,” ne par matu “not at all.” Cognates include Lithuanian mãtas ‎(“measure, measure unit”), Russian метить ‎(métit’, “to mark, to label”), Sanskrit माति ‎(māti), मिमाति ‎(mā́ti, mimā́ti, “to measure”), Albanian matë ‎(“measure”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mats]

Noun

mats m (1st declension)

1. (anatomy, usually plural) (head) hair (set of keratin filaments which grow on the top of a human being's head)

   gaiši, rudi, tumši, sirmi mati‎ ― light (= blond), red, dark, gray hair

   kastaņbrūni mati‎ ― auburn hair

   kupli, sprogaini, gludi mati‎ ― bushy, curly, smooth hair

   normāli, taukaini, sausi mati‎ ― normal, greasy, dry hair

   matu cirtas, sprogas‎ ― hair curls, locks

   matu pīne‎ ― hair braid, plait, tress

   apgriezt matus‎ ― to trim one's hair, to have a haircut

   nogriezt matus īsus‎ ― to cut one's hair short

   nogriezt, nodzīt matus (uz nulli)‎ ― tu cut off one's hair (to zero)

   matu rullītis‎ ― hair roller

   matu laka‎ ― hairspray

   matu eļļa, mateļļa‎ ― hair oil

   matu (sa)kārtojums‎ ― hairdo

   matu mezgls‎ ― hair twists, knots

   līdzās ceļiniekiem stāv meitene ar pelēkām matu pīnēm‎ ― a girl with gray hair braids is standing next to the traveler

   dārzā līkņāja vecs vīrs bez neviena mata uz galvas‎ ― in the garden an old man without any hair on (his) head was stooping

2. (anatomy, singular or plural) each keratin filament on the body of human beings or other animals

   mata stiebrs‎ ― hair shaft (above the skin)

   mata sakne‎ ― hair root (in the skin)

   mata sīpols‎ ― hair bulb (under the skin)

   uz ķermeņa, rokām un kājām mati ir maigi, plāni, tos vēl sauc par pūku... uzacu, plakstu mati ir gari, saraini‎ ― on the body, arms and legs hairs are soft (and) thin, they are also called fuzz... eyebrow, eyelid hair (in contrast) is long, stubbly

   āpša ādu kažokrūpniecībā maz izmanto, jo mati rupji un cieti‎ ― badger skin is not used much in the fur industry, because (its) hairs are coarse and hard

Declension

Synonyms

• (of "animal hair"): spalva

Derived terms

• gaišmatis, gaišmate, gaišmatains
• matains
• rudmatis, rudmate, rudmatains
• sirmmatis, sirmmate, sirmmatains
• tumšmatis, tumšmate, tumšmatains

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “mats”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Swedish

Noun

mats

1. indefinite genitive singular of mat