Madeira

See also: madeira

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈdɪəɹ.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹə

Proper noun

Madeira

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

Hypernyms

• 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

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

Noun

Madeira (countable and uncountable, plural Madeiras)

1. A type of fortified wine produced on that island.

Coordinate terms

• sherry
• Marsala

Translations

wine

• Finnish: madeira (fi)
• French: madère (fr)
• Norman: madère m

• Portuguese: vinho da Madeira m, vinho Madeira m
• Russian: маде́ра (ru) (madéra)

Anagrams

• Demaria

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Catalan

Proper noun

Madeira f

1. Madeira

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German

Proper noun

Madeira n (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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ˈðɐj.ɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ˈde(j).ɾɐ/
• Homophone: madeira

Proper noun

Madeira f

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

Noun

Madeira m (plural Madeiras)

1. Clipping 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