madras

See also: Madras and madrás

English

Etymology

From Madras, former name of the Indian city Chennai, where it was first produced.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈdɹæs/, /ˈmædɹəs/

Noun

madras (countable and uncountable, plural madrases)

1. A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.
   • 1887, G. W. Cable, “Au Large”, in Scribner's Monthly, volume 35, page 90:

     A black woman in blue cotton gown, red-and-yellow Madras turban […] crouched against the wall.

   • 2004 August 30, The New Yorker, page 38:

     The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company’s items—cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like—to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can’t make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers

   • 2023 June 10, Robert Armstrong, “Check yourself: why I love madras cloth”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 4:

     In one area, however, I stick close to my roots: an unreconstructed loved of madras cloth. Madras (pronounced, in the US, with the emphasis on the first syllable) is a lightweight carded cotton cloth with a bright plaid pattern, first produced in and named for the Indian city now known as Chennai.

2. A large handkerchief of this fabric, worn on the head in the West Indies.
3. Alternative form of Madras (“type of curry”)
   • 2002, Desmond Barry, A Bloody Good Friday, page 157:

     Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.

Translations

fabric

• Finnish: madras, madraspuuvilla
• French: madras (fr) m
• Spanish: madrás m
• Sundanese: madras, samping madras

Further reading

• madras (cloth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Mardas, damars, dramas, masdar

Danish

Etymology

From Dutch matras or German Matratze (from Middle High German, from Old Italian materazzo).

Noun

madras c (singular definite madrassen, plural indefinite madrasser)

1. mattress

Declension

Declension of madras

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	madras	madrassen	madrasser	madrasserne
genitive	madras'	madrassens	madrassers	madrassernes

References

• “madras” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Etymology

From English madras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑdrɑs/, [ˈmɑ̝drɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑdrɑs
• Hyphenation^(key): mad‧ras

Noun

madras

1. madras (type of cotton fabric)

Declension

Inflection of madras (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		madras	madrakset
genitive		madraksen	madrasten madraksien
partitive		madrasta	madraksia
illative		madrakseen	madraksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		madras	madrakset
accusative	nom.	madras	madrakset
	gen.	madraksen
genitive		madraksen	madrasten madraksien
partitive		madrasta	madraksia
inessive		madraksessa	madraksissa
elative		madraksesta	madraksista
illative		madrakseen	madraksiin
adessive		madraksella	madraksilla
ablative		madrakselta	madraksilta
allative		madrakselle	madraksille
essive		madraksena	madraksina
translative		madrakseksi	madraksiksi
abessive		madraksetta	madraksitta
instructive		—	madraksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of madras (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative madrakseni madrakseni accusative nom. madrakseni madrakseni gen. madrakseni genitive madrakseni madrasteni madraksieni partitive madrastani madraksiani inessive madraksessani madraksissani elative madraksestani madraksistani illative madrakseeni madraksiini adessive madraksellani madraksillani ablative madrakseltani madraksiltani allative madrakselleni madraksilleni essive madraksenani madraksinani translative madraksekseni madraksikseni abessive madraksettani madraksittani instructive — — comitative — madraksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative madraksesi madraksesi accusative nom. madraksesi madraksesi gen. madraksesi genitive madraksesi madrastesi madraksiesi partitive madrastasi madraksiasi inessive madraksessasi madraksissasi elative madraksestasi madraksistasi illative madrakseesi madraksiisi adessive madraksellasi madraksillasi ablative madrakseltasi madraksiltasi allative madraksellesi madraksillesi essive madraksenasi madraksinasi translative madrakseksesi madraksiksesi abessive madraksettasi madraksittasi instructive — — comitative — madraksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative madraksemme madraksemme accusative nom. madraksemme madraksemme gen. madraksemme genitive madraksemme madrastemme madraksiemme partitive madrastamme madraksiamme inessive madraksessamme madraksissamme elative madraksestamme madraksistamme illative madrakseemme madraksiimme adessive madraksellamme madraksillamme ablative madrakseltamme madraksiltamme allative madraksellemme madraksillemme essive madraksenamme madraksinamme translative madrakseksemme madraksiksemme abessive madraksettamme madraksittamme instructive — — comitative — madraksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative madraksenne madraksenne accusative nom. madraksenne madraksenne gen. madraksenne genitive madraksenne madrastenne madraksienne partitive madrastanne madraksianne inessive madraksessanne madraksissanne elative madraksestanne madraksistanne illative madrakseenne madraksiinne adessive madraksellanne madraksillanne ablative madrakseltanne madraksiltanne allative madraksellenne madraksillenne essive madraksenanne madraksinanne translative madrakseksenne madraksiksenne abessive madraksettanne madraksittanne instructive — — comitative — madraksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative madraksensa madraksensa accusative nom. madraksensa madraksensa gen. madraksensa genitive madraksensa madrastensa madraksiensa partitive madrastaan madrastansa madraksiaan madraksiansa inessive madraksessaan madraksessansa madraksissaan madraksissansa elative madraksestaan madraksestansa madraksistaan madraksistansa illative madrakseensa madraksiinsa adessive madraksellaan madraksellansa madraksillaan madraksillansa ablative madrakseltaan madrakseltansa madraksiltaan madraksiltansa allative madrakselleen madraksellensa madraksilleen madraksillensa essive madraksenaan madraksenansa madraksinaan madraksinansa translative madraksekseen madrakseksensa madraksikseen madraksiksensa abessive madraksettaan madraksettansa madraksittaan madraksittansa instructive — — comitative — madraksineen madraksinensa

Synonyms

• madraspuuvilla

Derived terms

compounds

• madrasruutuinen

 

Further reading

• “madras”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

From Madras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.dʁas/ ~ /ma.dʁɑs/

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Noun

madras m (plural madras)

1. (textiles) madras

Further reading

• “madras”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French madras.

Noun

madras n (plural madrasuri)

1. (textiles) madras

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	madras	madrasul		madrasuri	madrasurile
genitive-dative	madras	madrasului		madrasuri	madrasurilor
vocative	madrasule			madrasurilor

References

• madras in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Màdras.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎdras/
• Hyphenation: mad‧ras

Noun

màdras m (Cyrillic spelling ма̀драс)

1. (textiles) madras

Declension

Declension of madras

	singular	plural
nominative	madras	madrasi
genitive	madrasa	madrasa
dative	madrasu	madrasima
accusative	madras	madrase
vocative	madrase	madrasi
locative	madrasu	madrasima
instrumental	madrasom	madrasima

References

• “madras”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024