matroos

See also: Matroos

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch matroos.

Pronunciation

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Noun

matroos (plural matrose, diminutive matrosie)

1. sailor, mariner

Dutch

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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/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧troos
• Rhymes: -oːs

Noun

matroos m (plural matrozen, diminutive matroosje n)

1. sailor, seaman

Derived terms

• matrozenbuis
• matrozenpak
• zoetwatermatroos

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
• → 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