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発音

• IPA: /mæt/
• 異形同音異義語: mat, Matt
• 韻: -æt

名詞

matte (plural mattes)

1. (art, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.

   Synonyms: mat, matting, passe-partout

   The image is a perfect square of 8 cm (with white matte border the total dimensions are 14 cm tall by 11 cm wide).

2. (film) A background, often painted or created with computers

   Matte painting is a tool that filmmakers can use to create a scene that is impossible to achieve with conventional cinematographic means.

3. (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
4. An instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface.

派生語

形容詞

matte (comparative more matte, superlative most matte)

1. (American spelling) Dull; not reflective of light.

   Synonyms: (UK) matt, flat; see also Thesaurus:dim

   Antonym: glossy

   Flat or matte paint allows a deep color expression on the walls while also hiding flaws that may be inherent on the painted surface.

   a matte lipstick

派生語

動詞

matte (third-person singular simple present mattes, present participle matting, simple past and past participle matted)

1. (transitive) To produce a dull, lustreless surface on (metal).

Further reading

• matte (metallurgy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• mat (picture framing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Tatem

語源

From 古期英語 meatte, meatta, from Late Latin matta, from Punic or Phoenician.

発音

• IPA: /ˈmat(ə)/

名詞

matte (plural mattes or matten)

1. mat (piece of coarse material)
2. (rare) A coarse pad for a bed.

派生した語

• English: mat (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: mat

参照

• “matte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.