matir
French, verb/ma.tiʁ/
matir is spelled M-A-T-I-R (5 letters). Matir is a French verb meaning “to make matte” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rendre mat”.
What does matir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make matte
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rendre mat. 2. Opération qui consiste à rendre moins visible la trace de soudure entre deux pièces de métal. On utilise pour cela un burin d'acier nommé matoir.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of matir
- avoir mati infinitive past
- en matissant gerund present
- en ayant mati gerund past
- matissant participle present
- mati participle past
- je matis indicative present
- tu matis indicative present
- il/elle/on matit indicative present
- nous matissons indicative present
- vous matissez indicative present
- ils/elles matissent indicative present
- j’ai mati indicative past multiword-construction
- tu as mati indicative past multiword-construction
- il/elle/on a mati indicative past multiword-construction
- nous avons mati indicative past multiword-construction
- vous avez mati indicative past multiword-construction
- ils/elles ont mati indicative past multiword-construction
- je matissais indicative imperfect
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matir?
- /ma.tiʁ/
- \ma.tiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.