matelot

== English == === Alternative forms === matelo matlo, matlow === Etymology === From Middle French matelot (“sailor”). Compare Dutch matroos and German Matrose. Doublet of matross. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmæt.ləʊ/ Rhymes: -ætləʊ === Noun === matelot (plural matelots) A sailor. A mate; a boon companion. === Adjective === matelot (not comparable) (clothing, attributive) Associated with or typical of sailors. === References === American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. s.v. "matelote" === Anagrams === Lamotte, Mattole == French == === Etymology === From Middle French matelot (“sailor”), from Old French matenot (“sailor, bunkmate”), most likely from Middle Dutch mattenoot (“bunk fellow”), corresponding to modern mat (“mat, rug, hammock”) + genoot (“companion”) or less likely Old Norse mǫtunautr (“food companion”) (from matr (“food”) + nautr (“companion”) << Proto-Germanic *ganautaz). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mat.lo/ === Noun === matelot m (plural matelots, feminine matelote) sailor (male), seaman ==== Descendants ==== Antillean Creole: matlo Haitian Creole: matlo → Piedmontese: matlòt → Romanian: matelot === Further reading === “matelot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “matroos”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute == Norman == === Noun === matelot m (plural matelots) (Jersey) sailor == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French matelot. === Noun === matelot m (plural mateloți) sailor ==== Declension ====