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mătreață

Pronunciation: /məˈtre̯a.t͡sə/

“mătreață” is a Romanian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. dandruff
  2. a type of loosestrife (Lythrum portula)

In Romanian

  1. (med.) părticele de epidermă de culoare albicioasă, care se desprind de pe pielea capului.
  2. (spec.) pitiriazis.
  3. (bot.) mătasea-broaștei.
  4. (bot.) (Peplis portula) plantă erbacee cu tulpina roșie, ramificată și cu flori trandafirii.

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly tied to mătrice or to a Latin root *matricia, but semantic difficulties exist with this. A more likely origin is mătură (“broom”) + -eață, based on what it cleans.

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