Match

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mætʃ/

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  Rhymes: -ætʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English macche, from Old English mæcca, from gemæcca (“‘companion, mate, wife, one suited to another’”)

Noun

Singular Match

Plural es

Match (es)

1. Template:Sport Sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.

   My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today.

2. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.

   He knew he had met his match.

3. A marriage.
4. Suitability.
5. Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
6. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.

Derived terms

terms derived from match (etymology 1)

cage match first class match friendly match grudge match hatch, match and dispatch Man of the Match/man of the match match fixing match made in heaven match made in hell matchless matchmaker match play/matchplay matchplayer

match point match referee mismatch one-day match overmatch post-match rubber match shouting match slanging match steel cage match Test match the whole shooting match tour match warm-up match

Translations

sporting event

Armenian: մատչ hy(hy) (matč) Bulgarian: мач bg(bg) m. Croatian: meč hr(hr) m. Czech: zápas cs(cs) m. Dutch: wedstrijd nl(nl) f., match nl(nl) f. Estonian: matš et(et) Finnish: ottelu, matsi (colloquial) French: match fr(fr) m. German: Spiel de(de) n. Greek: ματς el(el) n.

Hungarian: meccs hu(hu) Italian: incontro it(it) m., partita it(it) f., gara it(it) f. Korean: 맞대결 (-對決, mat-daegyeol) Norwegian: kamp no(no) m., match no(no) m. Polish: mecz pl(pl) m. Russian: матч ru(ru) (matč) m. Spanish: partido es(es) m. Swahili: mechi sw(sw) Swedish: match sv(sv) c.

attribute equaling or exceeding

Dutch: evenknie m. and f. Finnish: vertainen fi(fi) German: ebenbürtig de(de) Italian: pari, simile, (degno) avversario m. Norwegian: like, likemann m., jevnbyrdig

Romanian: egal m., egală f. Russian: ровня ru(ru) (róvnja, rovnjá) m. and f. Scottish Gaelic: leithid gd(gd) m. Spanish: igual es(es) Swedish: like sv(sv)

Verb

Infinitive to Match

Third person singular match

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle es

to Match (third-person singular simple present match, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)

1. (intransitive) To agree, to be equal.
2. (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.

   They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly.

3. (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.

   She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better.

Derived terms

• match drill
• matcher
• matchup
• matchy
• mismatch
• overmatch
• unmatch

Translations

to agree; to equal

Czech: odpovídat cs(cs) Dutch: overeenstemmen nl(nl) Finnish: sopia yhteen, täsmätä German: übereinstimmen, passen Korean: 맞다 (majda, mat-); (causative) 맞추다 (majchuda, mat-)

Norwegian: passe sammen, stemme overens Polish: pasować, zestawiać, dorównywać Portuguese: combinar pt(pt) Swedish: matcha, vara lika, passa ihop

make a successful pairing

equal or exceed in achievement

Scottish Gaelic: thig suas ri gd(gd)

See also

• mate

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A match.

Etymology 2

From Old French meiche, from Vulgar Latin micca (cf. Catalan metxa, Spanish mecha, Italian miccia), which in turn is probably from Latin myxa, from Ancient Greek  (myxa)

Noun

Singular Match

Plural es

Match (es)

1. Device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

   He struck a match and lit his cigarette.

Derived terms

terms derived from match (fire-starter)

fireplace match matchbook, matchbox, matchlock matchgirl phosphorus match quick match

safety match slow match strike-anywhere match sulfur match sulphur match

See also

• fire, lighter, cigarette lighter
• strike (to strike a match)

Translations

device to make fire

Arabic: عود ثقاب (ʕúdu θiqāb) m., كبريتة (kebrīta) f. Armenian: լուցկի hy(hy) (luc'ki) Basque: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: кибрит bg(bg) m. Catalan: misto ca(ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 火柴 (huǒchái) Min Nan: hoan-á-hoé Crimean Tatar: sernik Croatian: šibica hr(hr) f., žigica hr(hr) f. Czech: zápalka cs(cs) f. Danish: tændstik da(da) c. Dutch: lucifer nl(nl) m., zwavelstokje nl(nl) n. (rare) Esperanto: alumeto eo(eo) Estonian: tikk et(et), tuletikk et(et) Finnish: tulitikku fi(fi) French: allumette fr(fr) f. Georgian: ასანთი ka(ka) (asant‘i) German: Streichholz de(de) n., Zündholz de(de) n. Greek: σπίρτο el(el) n. Hebrew: גפרור he(he) (gafrúr) m. Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: gyufa hu(hu) Ido: alumeto Indonesian: korek api Italian: fiammifero it(it) m. Japanese: マッチ ja(ja) (matchi) Khmer: ឈើគូស (chergūh) Korean: 성냥 (seongnyang) Kurdish: Sorani: شخاته‌ ku(ku) (shikhata)

Lingala: alimɛ́ti Lithuanian: degtukas lt(lt) m. Low Saxon: rietsticken Luxembourgish: Fixspoun Macedonian: кибрит mk(mk) (kíbrit) m., шкорче mk(mk) (škórče) n., чкорче mk(mk) (čkórče) n. Malay: mancis Mongolian: шүдэнз mn(mn) (šüdenz) Norwegian: fyrstikk no(no) m. Occitan: aluqueta oc(oc) Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: zapałka pl(pl) f. Portuguese: palito de fósforo pt(pt) m. Quechua: ninachaq Romanian: chibrit ro(ro) Russian: спичка ru(ru) (spíčka) f. Scottish Gaelic: lasadan gd(gd) m. Serbian: šibica f., palidrvce n. Sicilian: cirinu m. Slovak: zápalka sk(sk) f. Slovene: vžigalica sl(sl) f. Spanish: cerillo es(es) m., fósforo es(es) m. Swahili: kibiriti sw(sw) Swedish: tändsticka sv(sv) c. Tagalog: posporo tl(tl) Tajik: гӯгирд Telugu: అగ్గిపుల్ల Thai: ไม้ขีดไฟ (mái kèet fai) Turkish: kibrit tr(tr) Ukrainian: сірник (sirn‎ýk) m. Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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French

Etymology

From English match.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Match m. (plural matches)

1. Template:Sport match

Usage notes

Sometimes translated as rencontre (sportive).

Derived terms

• match nul

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

match m. inv.

1. match (sports event)
2. horserace involving only two horses

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