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Definitions: Matte |
MatteAdjective1. Not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish". Noun1. A mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted. 2. The property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "matte" was first used: 1648. (references) |
Etymology: Matte \Matte\, noun. [French expression matte; compare to French mat, masculine, matte, feminine, faint, dull, dim; -- said of metals. See Mate checkmate.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Industry | Intermediate metallurgical product. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A metallic sulfide mixture made by melting the roasted product in smeltingsulfide ores of copper, lead, and nickel. (references) |
Post & Telecom | Consiste in uno sfondo uniforme in nero o in colore generato elettronicamente, su cui sovrapporre altre immagini, come scritte o grafici. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: MatteSynonyms: flat (adj), matted (adj), flatness (n), lusterlessness (n), lustrelessness (n), mat (n), matt (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Painting | Photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph; daguerreotype, talbotype, calotype, heliotype; negative, positive; print, glossy print, matte print; enlargement, reduction, life-size print; instant photo, Polaroid photo. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Matte |
| English words defined with "matte": flat ♦ mat, matt, matted ♦ sparkle metal. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "matte": Bessemer matte ♦ converter foreperson, converter skimmer, CONVERTER SUPERVISOR ♦ electrowinning ♦ Falconbridge process, flash smelting ♦ German reduction process ♦ heap matte, Hunt and Douglas process ♦ Mathewson's device, matte fall, matte smelting ♦ OPTICAL-EFFECTS-CAMERA OPERATOR, Orford process, oxygen-flash smelting process ♦ Peirce-Smith process, pimple metal ♦ red metal ♦ taphole ♦ Ziervogel process. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Matte" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Frisian (mat), German (mat), Swedish (maths, mistress). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte (1971) Matte ita otoko (1942) | |
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Business | Transparent, matte and shiny fabrics represent the latest trends. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Matte" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Matte" is used about 45 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 45 | 50,900 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "matte" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Matte | Last name | 1,000 | 9,216 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "matte": matte glaze. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
matte | 91 | martin matte | 6 |
matte lipstick | 87 | matte tea | 5 |
matte foundation | 67 | annie major matte parole | 5 |
annie major matte | 51 | annie lyrics major matte | 5 |
yerba matte | 22 | matte paint | 4 |
matte jersey | 22 | annie de feu major matte paille parole | 4 |
matte painting | 21 | matte r that | 4 |
matte film | 13 | matte white | 4 |
matte box | 13 | annie de feu major matte paille | 3 |
matte cutter | 12 | matte jersey pants | 3 |
photo matte | 11 | dv matte box | 3 |
matte jersey dress | 11 | lipstick matte matte semi | 3 |
matte eye shadow | 9 | cent lincoln matte proof | 3 |
frame matte | 8 | matte silabario | 3 |
matte board | 8 | canon matte paper photo | 3 |
matte photo paper | 8 | lipstick matte semi | 3 |
matte paper | 7 | digital matte painting | 3 |
epson matte paper | 6 | matte sun uva | 3 |
matte finish | 6 | formler matte | 3 |
matte picture | 6 | matte tinting window | 3 |
matte rebeca | 3 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "matte"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 表面 光泽. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | raasten. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | mat (dim, dull, dullness, flat, frosted, grey, mat, matt, matting, mattress, short finish, straw mat, tired). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فلزیامس پرداخت نشده وناخالص , تکمیل یاپرداخت مات وبی جلا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | matte (mattress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Matte (hopsack twill, mat, matt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θειούχο τήγμα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לא מב"יק, ""וי (discoloration, faded, fading, washed out, washy), צבע """. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | matt (dull, lustreless, mat, matt, unglazed, unvarnished). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | matta (dross, hard zinc, joker, mat, trump), Fondino (backing, heel, insweep, underground). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | attemay mate (dull, dullness, matt). (various references) mata (Bush, clump, crop, Hassock, shrub, tuft). (various references) матове скло, матова поверхня (mat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | mattus. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | mat. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | mat. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Ezekiel Chapter 42, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai epestreyen proV noton kai diemetrhsen katenanti tou notou pentakosiouV en tw kalamw tou metrou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ad ventum occidentalem mensus est quingentos calamos in calamo mensurae |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And to the west wynd he matte fyue hundreth yerdis, in a yerd of mesure. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he went round and took the measure of it on the west side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Ezekiel Chapter 42, Verse 19 |
| Cebuano | Siya miliso paingon sa kasadpang kiliran, ug misukod lima ka gatus ka tangbo uban sa igsusukod nga tangbo. |
| Chinese | 又 轉 到 西 面 、 " 竿 量 " 百 肘 。 |
| Croatian | Potom se okrenu na zapadnu stranu i izmjeri: pet stotina trska, mjeraèkih trska. |
| Dutch | Hij ging om naar de westzijde, en hij mat vijfhonderd rieten, met het meetriet. |
| Finnish | Hän kääntyi ja mittasi länsi-ilmalta: viisisataa ruokoa mittaruovon mukaan. |
| French | Il se tourna du côté de l`occident, et mesura cinq cents cannes avec la canne qui servait de mesure. |
| German | und da er kam gegen Abend, maß er auch fünfhundert Ruten lang. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu balik ia ke sebelah barat, diukurnya lima ratus hasta turut ukuran tumbak. |
| Maori | I tahuri atu ia ki te taha ki te hauauru, whanganga ana e ia, e rima rau kakaho, ki te kakaho whanganga. |
| Norwegian | Så gikk han omkring vestsiden og målte fem hundre stenger efter målestangen. |
| Portuguese | Deu uma volta para o lado do ocidente, e mediu quinhentas canas, com a cana de medir. |
| Rumanian | S`a kntors apoi spre apus, wi a mqsurat cinci sute de prqjini cu prqjina de mqsurat. |
| Russian | рПЧПТПФЙЧ Л ЪБ Б"ОПК УФПТПОЕ, ОБНЕТЙМ ФТПУФША ЙЪНЕТЕОЙС СФШУПФ ФТПУФЕК. |
| Swedish | Han vände sig mot västra sidan och mätte med mätstången fem hundra stänger. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "matte": matted, mattedly, matter, mattered, mattering, matters, mattery, mattes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "matte": semimatte. (additional references) | |
Words containing "matte": antimatter, antimatters, formatted, formatter, formatters, preformatted, reformatted, smatter, smattered, smatterer, smatterers, smattering, smatterings, smatters, unmatted. (additional references) | |
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"Matte" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cmtte, kat-ta, madde, madeth, mafte, malte, mante, marte, Mashtaq, maste, matat, matate, mataw, Matete, Matfen, mathe, mati, mativ, matote, matre, matta, mattazz, mattel, Matten, matteo, mattew, matth, matthe, mattle, Matto, mattox, Matu, Matuta, Matvey, mayte, Mcatee, metta, Mette, Metteya, metto, mettre, metty, Mittag, mitte, mittel, mitti, mitto, Moatti, motta, motti, Mtare, mutte, mutti, Mwatex, Myatt, omate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "matte" (pronounced ma"t) |
| 3 | m a" t | mat, Matt. |
| 2 | -a" t | at, bat, batt, begat, brat, cat, chat, fat, flat, Gat, gnat, hat, Kat, nonfat, Pat, rat, sat, scat, slat, spat, splat, stat, Tat, that, vat. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-t-t" | |
-1 letter: mate, matt, meat, meta, tame, tate, team, teat. | |
-2 letters: ate, att, eat, eta, mae, mat, met, tae, tam, tat, tea, tet. | |
-3 letters: ae, am, at, em, et, ma, me, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-t-t" | |
+1 letter: matted, matter, mattes, metate, mutate, tamest. | |
+2 letters: attempt, etatism, imitate, mantlet, martlet, matelot, matters, mattery, metates, mozetta, mutated, mutates, nutmeat, smatter, stomate, tapetum, teatime, tomenta. | |
+3 letters: abetment, abutment, admitted, admitter, amaretti, amaretto, amethyst, amoretti, amoretto, amputate, attemper, attempts, automate, catamite, embattle, estimate, etatisms, flatmate, hematite, hemostat, imitated, imitates, intimate, maltiest, maltreat, maltster, mantelet, mantlets, maquette, martinet, martlets, matelote, matelots, mattedly, mattered, mattress, maturate, maturest, meatiest, meditate, megawatt, metalist, militate, misstate, mistreat, mitigate, motivate, mozettas, mozzetta, mutative, mutilate, nutmeats, palmette, palmetto, remittal, seatmate, semimatt, smaltite, smartest, smatters, stemmata, stomates, tautomer, teammate, teamster, teatimes, tegmenta, template, teratism, teratoma, tetramer, thematic, tomatoes, tomatoey, ultimate, unmatted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 74 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- - - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110100 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a t t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0074 0074 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767868671 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Bible Trace 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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