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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6036 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes  5 sounds | Message 1 of 21 13 June 2009 at 6:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have a rather strange question. I'm not sure if it deserves a separate topic but for the lack of a place to post I'm making a new one. So here it is:
How do you call the thing you put on the ground in front of your door, in order to keep the dust out ? Both British and American English suggestions are welcome. I'd also be interested to learn the French and Russian words. The most ridiculous part of it is that I'm not at all confident what is the Bulgarian word for this. I could possibly use "стелка"... Unfortunately, the same word can be used for a dozen of other things and my attempts to look it up in the dictionary are thus far unsuccessful ;p. Edited by Sennin on 13 June 2009 at 6:35pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ptrk7 Newbie United States Joined 6659 days ago 29 posts - 29 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 2 of 21 13 June 2009 at 6:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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In English they are called door mats. Edited by ptrk7 on 13 June 2009 at 6:36pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Yukamina Senior Member Canada Joined 6266 days ago 281 posts - 332 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean, French | Message 3 of 21 13 June 2009 at 6:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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Door mat?
Edit:too slow :p Edited by Yukamina on 13 June 2009 at 6:36pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6036 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds | Message 4 of 21 13 June 2009 at 6:38pm | IP Logged | ||
Oh, yes :). Thanks a lot, you saved me a lot of pain searching for it. I'm curious to learn the word in other languages so more contributions are welcome. Memory Update: The Bulgarian word is "изтривалка". It dawned on me after reading the phrase "stop using her as a doormat"; There is an identical saying in Bulgarian, lol Edited by Sennin on 13 June 2009 at 6:50pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Recht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5803 days ago 241 posts - 270 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB1 | Message 5 of 21 13 June 2009 at 6:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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door mat or welcome mat
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| MäcØSŸ Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5811 days ago 259 posts - 392 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2 Studies: German | Message 6 of 21 13 June 2009 at 6:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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In Italian it's "zerbino" /dzer'bi:no/ Edited by MäcØSŸ on 14 June 2009 at 7:57am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ptrk7 Newbie United States Joined 6659 days ago 29 posts - 29 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish | Message 7 of 21 13 June 2009 at 6:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think in Spanish it is called "felpudo".
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| TheBiscuit Tetraglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 5925 days ago 532 posts - 619 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Italian Studies: German, Croatian | Message 8 of 21 13 June 2009 at 6:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Tapete in Mexican Spanish. You can even call it just 'the mat' in English if it's obvious you're refering to a door mat and not a table mat.
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