matroos

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch matroos. === Pronunciation === === Noun === matroos (plural matrose, diminutive matrosie) sailor, mariner == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle French matelots pl (“sailors”), from Old French matenot (“sailor, bunkmate”), most likely from Middle Dutch mattenoot (“bunk fellow”) or less likely Old Norse mǫtunautr (“food companion”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maːˌtroːs/ Hyphenation: ma‧troos Rhymes: -oːs === Noun === matroos m (plural matrozen, diminutive matroosje n) sailor, seaman ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: matroos → Lokono: matoroso → Caribbean Javanese: matrus → Danish: matros → English: matross → German: Matrose → Hungarian: matróz → Indonesian: matros → Japanese: マドロス → Papiamentu: matros, matroos → Russian: матро́с (matrós)→ Ukrainian: матро́с (matrós)→ Uzbek: matros→ Turkmen: matros→ Uyghur: ماتروس (matros) → Sranan Tongo: matrosi → Swedish: matros → Finnish: matruusi → West Frisian: matroas === References === Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “matroos”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001