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noun, masculine

matelas

/mat.la/

noun, masculine/mat.la/

mattress; wad (of notes); synonym of tacos français (“French tacos”)

Synonyms: tacos français

From Old French materas, probably from Italian materasso (perhaps via Frankish), from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ, “carpet, place where something is thrown”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”). Doublet of matras.