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matie

/ˈmæti/

matie noun: a fat herring with undeveloped roe. Also the alternative spelling of matey.

Noun (1)

matie (plural maties)

  1. (Scotland, UK, archaic) A fat herring with undeveloped roe.

Noun (2) capitalized: Matie

Matie (plural Maties)

  1. (South Africa, informal) A student at Stellenbosch University.

Also used as

matie is also the alternative spelling of matey.

Forms of matie

pluralmaties
alternative formmattie
alternative formmatty
pluralMaties

Questions about matie

What does matie mean?
Matie means a fat herring with undeveloped roe.
What part of speech is matie?
Matie is a noun.
How do you pronounce matie?
Matie is pronounced /ˈmæti/.
What is the plural of matie?
The plural of matie is maties.

Words near matie in the dictionary

  1. maticals
  2. Matich
  3. Matiches
  4. matico
  5. Matics
  6. matie
  7. matier
  8. maties
  9. matiest
  10. Matignon
  11. matilda

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Adapted from Wiktionary: matie (page history and authors); Matie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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