matelas

== French == === Etymology === From Old French materas, probably from Italian materasso (perhaps via Frankish), from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ, “carpet, place where something is thrown”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”). Doublet of matras. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mat.la/ ~ /mat.lɑ/ Rhymes: -a, -ɑ === Noun === matelas m (invariable) mattress (colloquial) wad (of notes) synonym of tacos français (“French tacos”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Antillean Creole: matla Haitian Creole: matla === Further reading === “matelas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === lamâtes, talâmes