matroos

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch matroos.

Noun

matroos (plural matrose, diminutive matrosie)

sailor, mariner

Dutch

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 mötunautr ("food companion").

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maːˌtroːs/
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Hyphenation: ma‧troos
Rhymes: -oːs

Noun

matroos m (plural matrozen, diminutive matroosje n)

sailor, seaman

Derived terms

matrozenbuis
matrozenpak

Descendants

Afrikaans: matroos
→ English: matross
→ German: Matrose
→ Japanese: マドロス
→ Russian: матро́с (matrós)
→ Sranan Tongo: matrosi
→ West Frisian: matroas

References

Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “matroos”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

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