matelot

Meaning of matelot

noun

a sailor.

mid 19th century (nautical slang): from French, variant of matenot, from Middle Dutch mattenoot ‘bed companion’, because sailors had to share hammocks in twos.

Information about matelot

It is a name.
The plural form of matelot is: matelots.
Languages in which matelot is used:
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- English
- French

Hyphenation of matelot

matelot

It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
matelot is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of matelot

German: Matrose
French: matelot
Portuguese: marujo
Spanish: marinero, marinera
Italian: marinaio

Anagrams of matelot

Lamotte, mattole

Words that rhyme with matelot

Belot, bibelot, Lancelot, Launcelot, lancelot, ocelot, Augelot, angelot, Helot, helot, Camelot, camelot, chamelot, grelot, relot, wastelot, Ashuelot, Trouvelot, javelot

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