"tatami" meaning in English

See tatami in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /təˈtɑːmi/ Forms: tatamis [plural], tatami [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 畳 (tatami). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|畳|tr=tatami}} Japanese 畳 (tatami) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|tatami}} tatami (plural tatamis or tatami)
  1. Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses. Translations (straw matting in Japanese houses): 榻榻米 (tàtàmǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 疊席 /叠席 (diéxí) (Chinese Mandarin), tatami [feminine, neuter] (Czech), tatamo (Esperanto), tatami (Finnish), tatami [masculine] (French), Tatami [feminine] (German), tatami (Hungarian), (tatami) (alt: たたみ) (Japanese), たたみ (tatami) (Japanese), 다다미 (dadami) (Korean), तातामि (tātāmi) [feminine] (Marathi), tatami [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tatamimatte [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), تاتامی (tâtâmi) (Persian), tatame [masculine] (Portuguese), тата́ми (tatámi) [masculine, neuter] (Russian), тата̀ми [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tatàmi [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), tatami [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tatami-en-noun-cCnm1hUn Categories (other): Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'straw matting in Japanese houses': 95 5
  2. A unit of area equal to a standard-sized tatami mat, approximately 1.65 square metres.
    Sense id: en-tatami-en-noun-RzPg7oBw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tatamied

Inflected forms

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