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Is matte a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word matte is a Scrabble US word. The word matte is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is matte a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word matte is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

M3A1T1T1E1

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5-letter words (1 found)

MATTE,

4-letter words (9 found)

ETAT,MATE,MATT,MEAT,META,TAME,TATE,TEAM,TEAT,

3-letter words (13 found)

AME,ATE,ATT,EAT,ETA,MAE,MAT,MET,TAE,TAM,TAT,TEA,TET,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AM,AT,EA,EM,ET,MA,ME,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 34 words from matte according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of matte

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Definitions and meaning of matte

matte

Etymology

Borrowed from French mat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæt/
  • Homophones: mat, Matt
  • Rhymes: -æt

Noun

matte (plural mattes)

  1. (art, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
    Synonyms: mat, matting, passe-partout
  2. (film) A background, often painted or created with computers
  3. (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

matte (comparative more matte, superlative most matte)

  1. (American spelling) Dull; not reflective of light.
    Synonyms: (UK) matt, flat; see also Thesaurus:dim
    Antonym: glossy

Translations

Further reading

  • matte (metallurgy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • mat (picture framing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Tatem

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

matte

  1. inflection of mat:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Verb

matte

  1. inflection of matten:
    1. singular past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) singular past/present subjunctive

French

Pronunciation

Verb

matte

  1. inflection of matter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -atə

Adjective

matte

  1. inflection of matt:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmat.te/
  • Rhymes: -atte
  • Hyphenation: màt‧te

Adjective

matte pl

  1. plural of matta

Noun

matte f

  1. plural of matta

Anagrams

  • metta

Japanese

Romanization

matte

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まって

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • mat

Etymology

From Old English meatte, meatta, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmat(ə)/

Noun

matte (plural mattes or matten)

  1. mat (piece of coarse material)
  2. (rare) A coarse pad for a bed.

Descendants

  • English: mat (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: mat

References

  • “matte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

matte

  1. inflection of matt:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Etymology 2

Noun

matte m or f (definite singular matta or matten, indefinite plural matter, definite plural mattene)

  1. a mat or rug
Derived terms
  • dørmatte

Etymology 3

Noun

matte m (definite singular matten)

  1. short form of "matematikk", mathematics, maths (UK), math (US)

Etymology 4

Verb

matte

  1. to make something dull, matt
  2. to deliver a checkmate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

matte

  1. inflection of matt:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Etymology 2

Noun

matte f (definite singular matta, indefinite plural matter, definite plural mattene)

  1. a mat or rug
Derived terms
  • dørmatte

Etymology 3

Noun

matte m (definite singular matten)

  1. short form of "matematikk", mathematics, maths (UK), math (US)

Etymology 4

Verb

matte

  1. to make something dull, matt

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

matte

  1. inflection of matta (“intoxicated”):
    1. locative singular masculine/neuter
    2. accusative plural masculine
    3. vocative singular feminine

Portuguese

Verb

matte

  1. inflection of mattar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

matte

  1. definite natural masculine singular of matt

Noun

matte c

  1. female owner of a pet; clipping of matmor.
  2. (uncountable, colloquial) maths; clipping of matematik.
  3. Alternative spelling of mate (“maté”)
  4. 16th–17th century spelling of matta (“coarse protective material”)

Declension

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "female pet owner"): husse (“master, male owner”)

See also

  • husse

References

  • matte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

  • metat, temat

Source: wiktionary.org