matur

Inherited from Latin mātūrus.

• IPA^(key): /maˈtu(ɾ)/
• Rhymes: -u(ɾ)
• Syllabification: ma‧tur

matur (feminine matura, masculine plural maturs, feminine plural maturas)

1. (Belsetán, Chistabín, Sobrepuerto) ripe, mature

• Badia I Margarit, Antonio. 1950. El habla del Valle de Bielsa. Barcelona: Instituto de Estudios Pirenaicos. 232.
• “maduro”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

From Old Norse matr (“food”) from Proto-Germanic *matiz. Whence also Old English mēte (Middle English mēte from which English meat came); Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 (mats); Old High German maz, Swedish mat, Danish mad and Icelandic matur.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛaːʰtʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːʰtʊɹ
• Homophone: mætur

matur m (genitive singular matar, uncountable)

1. meal, food

From Old Norse matr (“food”) from Proto-Germanic *matiz. Whence also Old English mēte (Middle English mēte from which English meat came); Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 (mats); Old High German maz, Swedish mat, Danish mad and Faroese matur.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːtʏr/

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• Rhymes: -aːtʏr

matur m (genitive singular matar, nominative plural matar)

1. food

   Þetta var staðgóður matur.

   This was a hearty meal.

   Hvað er í matinn?

   What's for dinner?

• dauðans matur (“a dead man, a marked man”)
• matarborð
• matarboð
• mjólkurmatur
• gera sér mat úr (“to cash in on”)
• herramannsmatur
• innmatur
• í matinn

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “matur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

matur

1. Alternative form of matere

Borrowed from Latin mātūrus, Italian maturo. Doublet of mator.

• IPA^(key): /maˈtur/

matur m or n (feminine singular matură, masculine plural maturi, feminine and neuter plural mature)

1. mature
2. ripe

   Synonym: copt

• maturiza

• maturitate
• imatur