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madras

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See also: Madras and madrás

English

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Etymology

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From Madras, former name of the Indian city Chennai, where it was first produced.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /məˈdɹæs/, /ˈmædɹəs/

Noun

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madras (countable and uncountable, plural madrases)

  1. A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.
    • 1887, G. W. Cable, “Au Large”, in Scribner's Monthly, volume 35, page 90:
      A black woman in blue cotton gown, red-and-yellow Madras turban […] crouched against the wall.
    • 2004 August 30, The New Yorker, page 38:
      The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company’s items—cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like—to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can’t make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers
    • 2023 June 10, Robert Armstrong, “Check yourself: why I love madras cloth”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 4:
      In one area, however, I stick close to my roots: an unreconstructed loved of madras cloth. Madras (pronounced, in the US, with the emphasis on the first syllable) is a lightweight carded cotton cloth with a bright plaid pattern, first produced in and named for the Indian city now known as Chennai.
  2. A large handkerchief of this fabric, worn on the head in the West Indies.
  3. Alternative form of Madras (“type of curry”)
    • 2002, Desmond Barry, A Bloody Good Friday, page 157:
      Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.

Translations

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Dutch matras or German Matratze (from Middle High German, from Old Italian materazzo).

Noun

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madras c (singular definite madrassen, plural indefinite madrasser)

  1. mattress

Declension

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Declension of madras
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative madras madrassen madrasser madrasserne
genitive madras' madrassens madrassers madrassernes

References

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English madras.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑdrɑs/, [ˈmɑ̝drɑ̝s̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑdrɑs
  • Hyphenation(key): mad‧ras

Noun

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madras

  1. madras (type of cotton fabric)

Declension

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Inflection of madras (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative madras madrakset
genitive madraksen madrasten
madraksien
partitive madrasta madraksia
illative madrakseen madraksiin
singular plural
nominative madras madrakset
accusative nom. madras madrakset
gen. madraksen
genitive madraksen madrasten
madraksien
partitive madrasta madraksia
inessive madraksessa madraksissa
elative madraksesta madraksista
illative madrakseen madraksiin
adessive madraksella madraksilla
ablative madrakselta madraksilta
allative madrakselle madraksille
essive madraksena madraksina
translative madrakseksi madraksiksi
abessive madraksetta madraksitta
instructive — madraksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of madras (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative madrakseni madrakseni
accusative nom. madrakseni madrakseni
gen. madrakseni
genitive madrakseni madrasteni
madraksieni
partitive madrastani madraksiani
inessive madraksessani madraksissani
elative madraksestani madraksistani
illative madrakseeni madraksiini
adessive madraksellani madraksillani
ablative madrakseltani madraksiltani
allative madrakselleni madraksilleni
essive madraksenani madraksinani
translative madraksekseni madraksikseni
abessive madraksettani madraksittani
instructive — —
comitative — madraksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative madraksesi madraksesi
accusative nom. madraksesi madraksesi
gen. madraksesi
genitive madraksesi madrastesi
madraksiesi
partitive madrastasi madraksiasi
inessive madraksessasi madraksissasi
elative madraksestasi madraksistasi
illative madrakseesi madraksiisi
adessive madraksellasi madraksillasi
ablative madrakseltasi madraksiltasi
allative madraksellesi madraksillesi
essive madraksenasi madraksinasi
translative madrakseksesi madraksiksesi
abessive madraksettasi madraksittasi
instructive — —
comitative — madraksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative madraksemme madraksemme
accusative nom. madraksemme madraksemme
gen. madraksemme
genitive madraksemme madrastemme
madraksiemme
partitive madrastamme madraksiamme
inessive madraksessamme madraksissamme
elative madraksestamme madraksistamme
illative madrakseemme madraksiimme
adessive madraksellamme madraksillamme
ablative madrakseltamme madraksiltamme
allative madraksellemme madraksillemme
essive madraksenamme madraksinamme
translative madrakseksemme madraksiksemme
abessive madraksettamme madraksittamme
instructive — —
comitative — madraksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative madraksenne madraksenne
accusative nom. madraksenne madraksenne
gen. madraksenne
genitive madraksenne madrastenne
madraksienne
partitive madrastanne madraksianne
inessive madraksessanne madraksissanne
elative madraksestanne madraksistanne
illative madrakseenne madraksiinne
adessive madraksellanne madraksillanne
ablative madrakseltanne madraksiltanne
allative madraksellenne madraksillenne
essive madraksenanne madraksinanne
translative madrakseksenne madraksiksenne
abessive madraksettanne madraksittanne
instructive — —
comitative — madraksinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative madraksensa madraksensa
accusative nom. madraksensa madraksensa
gen. madraksensa
genitive madraksensa madrastensa
madraksiensa
partitive madrastaan
madrastansa 		madraksiaan
madraksiansa
inessive madraksessaan
madraksessansa 		madraksissaan
madraksissansa
elative madraksestaan
madraksestansa 		madraksistaan
madraksistansa
illative madrakseensa madraksiinsa
adessive madraksellaan
madraksellansa 		madraksillaan
madraksillansa
ablative madrakseltaan
madrakseltansa 		madraksiltaan
madraksiltansa
allative madrakselleen
madraksellensa 		madraksilleen
madraksillensa
essive madraksenaan
madraksenansa 		madraksinaan
madraksinansa
translative madraksekseen
madrakseksensa 		madraksikseen
madraksiksensa
abessive madraksettaan
madraksettansa 		madraksittaan
madraksittansa
instructive — —
comitative — madraksineen
madraksinensa

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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French

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Etymology

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From Madras.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.dʁas/ ~ /ma.dʁɑs/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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madras m (plural madras)

  1. (textiles) madras

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French madras.

Noun

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madras n (plural madrasuri)

  1. (textiles) madras

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative madras madrasul madrasuri madrasurile
genitive-dative madras madrasului madrasuri madrasurilor
vocative madrasule madrasurilor

References

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  • madras in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Màdras.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mǎdras/
  • Hyphenation: mad‧ras

Noun

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màdras m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀драс)

  1. (textiles) madras

Declension

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Declension of madras
singular plural
nominative madras madrasi
genitive madrasa madrasa
dative madrasu madrasima
accusative madras madrase
vocative madrase madrasi
locative madrasu madrasima
instrumental madrasom madrasima

References

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  • “madras”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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