"doormat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɔːˌmæt/ [UK], /ˈdɔɹˌmæt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doormat.wav [Southern-England] Forms: doormats [plural]
Etymology: door + mat Etymology templates: {{compound|en|door|mat}} door + mat Head templates: {{en-noun}} doormat (plural doormats)
  1. A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes. Categories (topical): Textiles Translations (coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house): дыванок (dyvanók) [masculine] (Belarusian), каберац (kabjerac) [masculine] (Belarusian), палавік (palavik) [masculine] (Belarusian), পাপোষ (papōś) (Bengali), изтривалка (iztrivalka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 門墊 (Chinese Mandarin), 门垫 (méndiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 門口地墊 (Chinese Mandarin), 门口地垫 (ménkǒu dìdiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 擦腳墊 (Chinese Mandarin), 擦脚垫 (cājiǎodiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), rohožka [feminine] (Czech), dørmåtte [common-gender] (Danish), deurmat [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), mato (Esperanto), duramotta [feminine] (Faroese), ovimatto (Finnish), kynnysmatto (Finnish), paillasson [masculine] (French), essuie-pieds [masculine] (French), Fußmatte [feminine] (German), Fußabstreifer [masculine] (German), Fußabtreter [masculine] (German), πατάκι (patáki) [neuter] (Greek), પગલૂછણિયું (paglūchṇiyũ) [neuter] (Gujarati), पांवड़ा (pāmvṛā) [masculine] (Hindi), lábtörlő (Hungarian), tapiseto (Ido), zerbino [masculine] (Italian), stuoino [masculine] (Italian), nettapiedi [masculine] (Italian), stoino [masculine] (Italian), ドアマット (doamatto) (Japanese), 靴拭き (kutsufuki) (alt: くつふき) (Japanese), マット (matto) (Japanese), подметка (podmetka) [feminine] (Macedonian), бришалка (brišalka) [feminine] (Macedonian), ചവുട്ടി (cavuṭṭi) (Malayalam), पायपुसणे (pāypusṇe) [neuter] (Marathi), dørmatte [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dørmatte [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wycieraczka [feminine] (Polish), capacho [masculine] (Portuguese), preș [neuter] (Romanian), полови́к (polovík) (alt: для вытира́ния о́буви) [masculine] (Russian), ко́врик (kóvrik) [masculine] (Russian), цино́вка (cinóvka) (note: esp. made of straw) [feminine] (Russian), felpudo [masculine] (Spanish), dörrmatta [common-gender] (Swedish), kuskusan ng paa (Tagalog), paspas (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-doormat-en-noun-g89-DXL1 Disambiguation of Textiles: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house': 98 2
  2. (figuratively, derogatory) Someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes. Tags: derogatory, figuratively Categories (topical): People Translations (someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes): dørmåtte [common-gender] (Danish), voetveeg [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), buklaaf (Dutch), kynnysmatto (Finnish), carpette [feminine] (French), paillasson [masculine] (French), Fußabtreter [masculine] (German), אַסְקֻפָּה נִדְרֶסֶת (asqupá nidréset) [feminine] (Hebrew), papucs (Hungarian), lábtörlő (Hungarian), zerbino [masculine] (Italian), 호구 (hogu) (Korean), мивка (mivka) [feminine] (Macedonian), dørmatte [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dørmatte [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pantofel [masculine] (Polish), capacho [masculine] (Portuguese), тря́пка (trjápka) [masculine] (Russian), терпила (terpila) [feminine] (Russian), dörrmatta [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-doormat-en-noun-NOGyOTYv Disambiguation of People: 27 73 Disambiguation of "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes": 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bootlicker, simp

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          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
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          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
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        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "word": "lábtörlő"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "word": "tapiseto"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zerbino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stuoino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "nettapiedi"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "doamatto",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "word": "ドアマット"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "くつふき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kutsufuki",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "word": "靴拭き"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "matto",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "word": "マット"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "podmetka",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "подметка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "brišalka",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бришалка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "cavuṭṭi",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "word": "ചവുട്ടി"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "pāypusṇe",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "पायपुसणे"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dørmatte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dørmatte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wycieraczka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "capacho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "preș"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "для вытира́ния о́буви",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "polovík",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "полови́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kóvrik",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ко́врик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "esp. made of straw",
          "roman": "cinóvka",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "цино́вка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "felpudo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "dörrmatta"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "word": "kuskusan ng paa"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
          "word": "paspas"
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          "text": "He's such a doormat, he lets everyone walk all over him.",
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          "ref": "2022 March 31, Alexis Soloski, “Why the Sudden Urge to Reconsider Famous Women?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "If you flipped through certain magazines at this time you could be forgiven for thinking that there was no right way to be a woman, only wrong ones — bimbo or frump, slut or prude, shrew or doormat.",
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        "(figuratively, derogatory) Someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dørmåtte"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "voetveeg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
          "word": "buklaaf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
          "word": "kynnysmatto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "carpette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paillasson"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Fußabtreter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "asqupá nidréset",
          "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "אַסְקֻפָּה נִדְרֶסֶת"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
          "word": "papucs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
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      "word": "পাপোষ"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "изтривалка"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "門墊"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "méndiàn",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "门垫"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "門口地墊"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ménkǒu dìdiàn",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "门口地垫"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "擦腳墊"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "擦脚垫"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rohožka"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "mato"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "ovimatto"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "kynnysmatto"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paillasson"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fußabtreter"
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      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "પગલૂછણિયું"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "पांवड़ा"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "lábtörlő"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "tapiseto"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zerbino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stuoino"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "nettapiedi"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stoino"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "doamatto",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "ドアマット"
    },
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      "alt": "くつふき",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kutsufuki",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "靴拭き"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "マット"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "podmetka",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подметка"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "brišalka",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бришалка"
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
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      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "ചവുട്ടി"
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "pāypusṇe",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "पायपुसणे"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dørmatte"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dørmatte"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wycieraczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capacho"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "preș"
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      "alt": "для вытира́ния о́буви",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "polovík",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "полови́к"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kóvrik",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́врик"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "esp. made of straw",
      "roman": "cinóvka",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цино́вка"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "felpudo"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dörrmatta"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "kuskusan ng paa"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "coarse mat that appears at the entrance to a house",
      "word": "paspas"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dørmåtte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "voetveeg"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "word": "buklaaf"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "word": "kynnysmatto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carpette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paillasson"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fußabtreter"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "asqupá nidréset",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אַסְקֻפָּה נִדְרֶסֶת"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "word": "papucs"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "word": "lábtörlő"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zerbino"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hogu",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "word": "호구"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mivka",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "мивка"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dørmatte"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dørmatte"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pantofel"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "capacho"
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      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тря́пка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "terpila",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "терпила"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dörrmatta"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "doormat"
  ],
  "word": "doormat"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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