מאַדיירע

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese Madeira, from madeira (“wood”). Compare German Madeira. A very distant doublet of מוטער (muter).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

מאַדיירע • (madeyre) f

  1. Madeira (island and autonomous region of Portugal)

Noun[edit]

מאַדיירע • (madeyre) f

  1. madeira (wine)
    Synonym: מאַדיירע־⁠ווײַן (madeyre-⁠vayn)

Coordinate terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “Madeira wine”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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