Madeira

See also: madeira

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Madeira, from Portuguese madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Doublet of matter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈdɪəɹ.ə/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɪəɹə

Proper noun

Madeira

1. An island in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.

   Hypernym: Macaronesia

Derived terms

• Madeira cake
• Madeiran
• maderize

 

Translations

island and autonomous region

• French: Madère (fr)
• Greek: Μαδέρα f (Madéra)
• Hungarian: Madeira (hu)
• Irish: Maidéara m
• Macedonian: Маде́ра f (Madéra)
• Manx: Yn Vadeirey f
• Norman: Madère f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Madeira

  Nynorsk: Madeira

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• Polish: Madera (pl) f
• Portuguese: Madeira (pt) f
• Russian: Маде́йра (ru) f (Madɛ́jra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мадѐира f

  Roman: Madèira (sh) f

Noun

Madeira (countable and uncountable, plural Madeiras)

1. A type of fortified wine produced on that island.
   • 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality, volume 3, page 280:

     Add to this, Madeira which had twice ripened beneath eastern suns—once in the grape, and once in the wood; and Port whose filmy robe of cobweb had, as old Adrian boasted, outlasted many a silken dress.

Coordinate terms

• sherry
• Marsala

Translations

wine

• Catalan: madeira m
• Finnish: madeira (fi)
• French: madère (fr)
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• Norman: madère m
• Portuguese: vinho da Madeira m, vinho Madeira m
• Russian: маде́ра (ru) (madéra)

Anagrams

• Demaria, Maredia

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Catalan

Etymology

From Portuguese Madeira, from madeira (“wood”). Doublet of matèria.

Proper noun

Madeira f

1. Madeira (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal, located in Atlantic Ocean)

   Hypernym: Macaronèsia

2. Madeira (an island in Madeira).
   • Hypernym: arxipèlag de Madeira

Derived terms

• arxipèlag de Madeira
• madeira

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Madeira n (proper noun, strong, genitive Madeiras)

1. Madeira

Derived terms

• Madeirer
• madeirisch

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Portuguese madeira (“wood”).

Proper noun

Madeira

1. Madeira (island and autonomous region of Portugal)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Portuguese madeira (“wood”).

Proper noun

Madeira

1. Madeira (as above)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Madeyra (obsolete)

Etymology

From madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia (“stuff, timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Formal cognates include Spanish madera.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [maˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [maˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈde(j).ɾa/ [maˈde(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [mɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [mɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈdej.ɾɐ/ [mɐˈðej.ɾɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈdej.ɾɐ/ [mɐˈðej.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈde.ɾɐ/ [mɐˈðe.ɾɐ]

• Homophone: madeira
• Hyphenation: Ma‧dei‧ra

Proper noun

Madeira f

1. Madeira (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic)

   Synonym: Região Autónoma da Madeira

2. Madeira (the largest island of the Madeira Archipelago)

Derived terms

• madeirense

Noun

Madeira m (plural Madeiras)

1. Ellipsis of vinho da Madeira.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maděira/
• Hyphenation: Ma‧de‧i‧ra

Proper noun

Madèira f (Cyrillic spelling Мадѐира)

1. Madeira

Declension

Declension of Madeira

	singular
nominative	Madèira
genitive	Madèire
dative	Madèiri
accusative	Madèiru
vocative	Madèiro
locative	Madèiri
instrumental	Madèirom