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 (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪəɹə

Proper noun

Madeira

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

   Hypernym: Macaronesia

3. A river in Amazonas, Brazil, a tributary of the Amazon.
4. A city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, named after landowner John Madeira.
5. A surname.

Derived terms

• Madeira cake
• Madeiran
• Madeira petrel
• Madeira walnut
• maderize

Translations

island and autonomous region

• Arabic: ماديرا f
• Catalan: Madeira f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬德拉 / 马德拉 (Mǎdélā)

• Farefare: Madera
• French: Madère (fr) f
• Greek: Μαδέρα (el) f (Madéra)
• Hungarian: Madeira (hu)
• Irish: Maidéara m
• Japanese: マデイラ (Madeira)
• Korean: 마데이라 (Madeira)
• Macedonian: Маде́ра f (Madéra)
• Manx: Yn Vadeirey f
• Norman: Madère f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Madeira

  Nynorsk: Madeira

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

  Cyrillic: Мадѐира f

  Roman: Madèira (sh) f

• West Frisian: Madeara n
• Yiddish: מאַדיירע f (madeyre)

Noun

Madeira (countable and uncountable, plural Madeiras)

1. A type of fortified wine produced on that island.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, 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.

Alternative forms

• madeira

Coordinate terms

• Marsala, marsala
• Porto, port, porto
• sherry

Translations

wine

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

Anagrams

• Demaria, Maredia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Madeira, from madeira (“wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmadɛjra]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧dei‧ra

Proper noun

Madeira f (relational adjective madeirský)

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

Declension

Declension of Madeira (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Madeira
genitive	Madeiry
dative	Madeiře
accusative	Madeiru
vocative	Madeiro
locative	Madeiře
instrumental	Madeirou

See also

• madeira f

Further reading

• “Madeira”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Madeira”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Madeira”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Finnish

Etymology

< Portuguese Madeira

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑdei̯rɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝de̞i̯rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑdeirɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ma‧dei‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): Ma‧dei‧ra

Proper noun

Madeira

1. Madeira

Declension

Inflection of Madeira (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Madeira	—
genitive		Madeiran	—
partitive		Madeiraa	—
illative		Madeiraan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Madeira	—
accusative	nom.	Madeira	—
	gen.	Madeiran
genitive		Madeiran	—
partitive		Madeiraa	—
inessive		Madeirassa	—
elative		Madeirasta	—
illative		Madeiraan	—
adessive		Madeiralla	—
ablative		Madeiralta	—
allative		Madeiralle	—
essive		Madeirana	—
translative		Madeiraksi	—
abessive		Madeiratta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Madeira (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Madeirani — accusative nom. Madeirani — gen. Madeirani genitive Madeirani — partitive Madeiraani — inessive Madeirassani — elative Madeirastani — illative Madeiraani — adessive Madeirallani — ablative Madeiraltani — allative Madeiralleni — essive Madeiranani — translative Madeirakseni — abessive Madeirattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Madeirasi — accusative nom. Madeirasi — gen. Madeirasi genitive Madeirasi — partitive Madeiraasi — inessive Madeirassasi — elative Madeirastasi — illative Madeiraasi — adessive Madeirallasi — ablative Madeiraltasi — allative Madeirallesi — essive Madeiranasi — translative Madeiraksesi — abessive Madeirattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Madeiramme — accusative nom. Madeiramme — gen. Madeiramme genitive Madeiramme — partitive Madeiraamme — inessive Madeirassamme — elative Madeirastamme — illative Madeiraamme — adessive Madeirallamme — ablative Madeiraltamme — allative Madeirallemme — essive Madeiranamme — translative Madeiraksemme — abessive Madeirattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Madeiranne — accusative nom. Madeiranne — gen. Madeiranne genitive Madeiranne — partitive Madeiraanne — inessive Madeirassanne — elative Madeirastanne — illative Madeiraanne — adessive Madeirallanne — ablative Madeiraltanne — allative Madeirallenne — essive Madeirananne — translative Madeiraksenne — abessive Madeirattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Madeiransa — accusative nom. Madeiransa — gen. Madeiransa genitive Madeiransa — partitive Madeiraansa — inessive Madeirassaan Madeirassansa — elative Madeirastaan Madeirastansa — illative Madeiraansa — adessive Madeirallaan Madeirallansa — ablative Madeiraltaan Madeiraltansa — allative Madeiralleen Madeirallensa — essive Madeiranaan Madeiranansa — translative Madeirakseen Madeiraksensa — abessive Madeirattaan Madeirattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Madeira, from madeira (“wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈdeːʁa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eːʁa
• Hyphenation: Ma‧dei‧ra

Proper noun

Madeira n (proper noun, strong, genitive Madeiras)

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

Derived terms

• Madeirer
• madeirisch

Further reading

• “Madeira” in Duden online
• “Madeira”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Madeira” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Madeira, from madeira (“wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐdʲɛɪˈrɐ]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧dei‧ra

Noun

Madeirà f (uncountable) stress pattern 2

1. Madeira (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic)
2. Madeira (the largest island of the Madeira Archipelago)
3. Madeira (a river in Amazonas, Brazil, a tributary of the Amazon).

Declension

Declension of Madeirà

nominative	Madeirà
genitive	Madei̇̃ros
dative	Madei̇̃rai
accusative	Madei̇̃rą
instrumental	Madeirà
locative	Madei̇̃roje
vocative	Madei̇̃ra

Further reading

• “Madeira”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• Madeira (archipelago) in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)
• Madeira (river) in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Portuguese madeira (“wood”).

Proper noun

Madeira

1. Madeira (island and autonomous region of Portugal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Portuguese madeira (“wood”).

Proper noun

Madeira

1. Madeira (as above)

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]

• Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɾɐ
• 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.

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