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Webster 1913 Edition

Matte

Matte

(măt)
,
Noun.
[F.
matte
; cf. F.
mat
, masc.,
matte
, fem., faint, dull, dim; – said of metals. See
Mate
checkmate.]
1.
(Metallurgy)
A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and called
coarse metal
,
fine metal
, etc., according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color.
2.
A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss.

Definition 2024

måtte

måtte

See also: matte, Matte, matté, and mätte

Danish

Noun

måtte c (singular definite måtten, plural indefinite måtter)

  1. mat
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *maganą. Original infinitive lost and remade from past form.

Verb

måtte ‎(present må, past måtte, past participle måttet)

  1. can, may
  2. must, have to, got to

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mátta

Verb

måtte ‎(present tense må, simple past måtte, past participle måttet)

  1. must
  2. may (subjunctive present defective)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

måtte ‎(present tense må, past tense måtte, past participle mått or måtta)

  1. Alternative form of måtta

Swedish

Verb

måtte

  1. past tense of må.

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔtə/, [ˈmʌd̥ə]

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