tatami
/təˈtɑːmi/
tatami noun: straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
Noun
tatami (plural tatamis or tatami)
- Straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
- Heny Hankovitch, con guítar, / did a short Zen pray, / on his tatami in a relaxed lotos / fixin his mind on nuffin, rose-blue breasts,1964, John Berryman, chapter 31, in 77 Dream Songs, New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, page 35
- Small tools are spread on the tatami: a razor knife, a sprue cutter, curls of emery paper.1999, William Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties (Bridge trilogy; book 3), New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 2
- A unit of area equal to a standard-sized tatami mat, approximately 1.65 square metres.
tatami meaning in Marathi and Persian
tatami in Marathi
- straw matting in Japanese houses
- तातामि tātāmi
tatami in Persian
- straw matting in Japanese houses
- تاتامی tâtâmi
Forms of tatami
| plural | tatamis |
|---|---|
| plural | tatami |
Origin of tatami
Borrowed from Japanese 畳 (tatami).
Words formed from tatami
Questions about tatami
- What does tatami mean?
- Tatami means straw matting, in a standard size, used as a floor covering in Japanese houses.
- What is tatami in Marathi?
- Tatami in Marathi is तातामि (tātāmi). See Tatami meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is tatami?
- Tatami is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tatami?
- Tatami is pronounced /təˈtɑːmi/.
- What is the plural of tatami?
- The plural of tatami is tatamis.
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