Madrid

See also: Madríd

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English

Etymology

From Spanish Madrid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈdɹɪd/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (places in the United States) IPA^(key): /ˈmædɹɪd/, IPA^(key): /ˈmædrɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɪd

Proper noun

Madrid

2. The capital city of Spain.
   • 2024, Alana S. Portero, translated by Mara Faye Lethem, Bad Habit, 4th Estate, page 148:

     I usually walked home because I loved Madrid; I recognized myself in how difficult it was to perceive its truth, in its elusive charm, and in how poignant its nooks and crannies could be.

3. An autonomous community of Spain, the Community of Madrid.
4. A province of the Community of Madrid, Spain. Capital: Madrid.
5. (metonymic) The Spanish government.
6. A town and municipality of Western Savanna Province, Cundinamarca department, Colombia.
7. A town in Tecomán Municipality, Colima, Mexico.
8. A municipality of Surigao del Sur, Philippines.

   Meronyms: Bagsac, Bayogo, Linibonan, Magsaysay, Manga, Panayogon, Patong Patong, Quirino, San Antonio, San Juan, San Roque, San Vicente, Songkit, Union — barangays of Madrid

   Coordinate terms: Barobo, Bayabas, Bislig, Cagwait, Cantilan, Carmen, Carrascal, Cortes, Hinatuan, Lanuza, Lianga, Lingig, Madrid, Marihatag, San Agustin, San Miguel, Tagbina, Tago, Tandag — cities and municipalities of Surigao del Sur

9. Several places in the United States:
   1. A small town in Houston County, Alabama.
   2. A ghost town in Las Animas County, Colorado.
   3. A small city in Douglas Township, Boone County, Iowa.
   4. A former town in Franklin County, Maine, now unorganized territory.
   5. A village in Perkins County, Nebraska.
   6. A census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
   7. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
10. A surname from Spanish.

Derived terms

• New Madrid

Translations

See Madrid/translations § Proper noun.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Madrid is the 1,364^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 25,854 individuals. Madrid is most common among Hispanic/Latino (85.44%) individuals.

Anagrams

• admir'd

Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch Madrid, from Spanish Madrid.

Proper noun

Madrid

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)

Related terms

• Madrids
• Madridter
• Madrileen
• Madrileens

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈdɾi/ [maˈð̞ɾi]
• Rhymes: -i

Proper noun

Madrid ?

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Related terms

• madrilanu

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

Madrid

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈðɾit]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈðɾit]

Proper noun

Madrid m

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Derived terms

• madrileny

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧dri

Proper noun

Madrid

1. a surname
2. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
3. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
4. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Madrid

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Madrid

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmadrɪt]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Madrid m inan (relational adjective madridský, demonym Madriďan, female demonym Madriďanka)

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)

   jízdenka do Madridu ― ticket to Madrid

2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Declension

Declension of Madrid (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Madrid
genitive	Madridu
dative	Madridu
accusative	Madrid
vocative	Madride
locative	Madridě, Madridu
instrumental	Madridem

Further reading

• “Madrid”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Madrid”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Madrid”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Proper noun

Madrid

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Dutch

Etymology

From Spanish Madrid.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Madrid n

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)

Related terms

• Madrileen m
• Madrileens (adjective)

Estonian

Alternative forms

• Madriid (obsolete)

Etymology

From Spanish Madrid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑd̥ˈriːd̥/, [mɑd̥ˈriːd̥]
• Rhymes: -iːd
• Hyphenation: Mad‧rid

Proper noun

Madrid (genitive Madridi, partitive Madridi)

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Declension

Declension of Madrid (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Madrid	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Madridi
genitive			—
partitive		Madridi	—
illative		Madridi Madridisse	—
inessive		Madridis	—
elative		Madridist	—
allative		Madridile	—
adessive		Madridil	—
ablative		Madridilt	—
translative		Madridiks	—
terminative		Madridini	—
essive		Madridina	—
abessive		Madridita	—
comitative		Madridiga	—

Derived terms

• madridlane

References

• Madrid in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Madrid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑdrid/, [ˈmɑ̝drid]
• Rhymes: -ɑdrid
• Syllabification^(key): Mad‧rid
• Hyphenation^(key): Mad‧rid

Proper noun

Madrid

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Declension

Inflection of Madrid (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Madrid	—
genitive		Madridin	—
partitive		Madridia	—
illative		Madridiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Madrid	—
accusative	nom.	Madrid	—
	gen.	Madridin
genitive		Madridin	—
partitive		Madridia	—
inessive		Madridissa	—
elative		Madridista	—
illative		Madridiin	—
adessive		Madridilla	—
ablative		Madridilta	—
allative		Madridille	—
essive		Madridina	—
translative		Madridiksi	—
abessive		Madriditta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Madrid (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Madridini — accusative nom. Madridini — gen. Madridini genitive Madridini — partitive Madridiani — inessive Madridissani — elative Madridistani — illative Madridiini — adessive Madridillani — ablative Madridiltani — allative Madridilleni — essive Madridinani — translative Madridikseni — abessive Madridittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Madridisi — accusative nom. Madridisi — gen. Madridisi genitive Madridisi — partitive Madridiasi — inessive Madridissasi — elative Madridistasi — illative Madridiisi — adessive Madridillasi — ablative Madridiltasi — allative Madridillesi — essive Madridinasi — translative Madridiksesi — abessive Madridittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Madridimme — accusative nom. Madridimme — gen. Madridimme genitive Madridimme — partitive Madridiamme — inessive Madridissamme — elative Madridistamme — illative Madridiimme — adessive Madridillamme — ablative Madridiltamme — allative Madridillemme — essive Madridinamme — translative Madridiksemme — abessive Madridittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Madridinne — accusative nom. Madridinne — gen. Madridinne genitive Madridinne — partitive Madridianne — inessive Madridissanne — elative Madridistanne — illative Madridiinne — adessive Madridillanne — ablative Madridiltanne — allative Madridillenne — essive Madridinanne — translative Madridiksenne — abessive Madridittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Madridinsa — accusative nom. Madridinsa — gen. Madridinsa genitive Madridinsa — partitive Madridiaan Madridiansa — inessive Madridissaan Madridissansa — elative Madridistaan Madridistansa — illative Madridiinsa — adessive Madridillaan Madridillansa — ablative Madridiltaan Madridiltansa — allative Madridilleen Madridillensa — essive Madridinaan Madridinansa — translative Madridikseen Madridiksensa — abessive Madridittaan Madridittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

French

Etymology

From Spanish Madrid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.dʁid/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Proper noun

Madrid m

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Related terms

• madrilène

Galician

Proper noun

Madrid ?

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)

   Synonym: Comunidade de Madrid

3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Related terms

• madrileño

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Madrid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈdrɪt/, [mäˈdʁɪt]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Madrid n (proper noun, genitive Madrids or (optionally with an article) Madrid)

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)

Derived terms

• Madrider (informal)
• Madrilene
• madrilenisch

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French Madrid, from Spanish Madrid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /madɣid/

Proper noun

Madrid

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒdrid]
• Hyphenation: Mad‧rid
• Rhymes: -id

Proper noun

Madrid

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Madrid	—
accusative	Madridot	—
dative	Madridnak	—
instrumental	Madriddal	—
causal-final	Madridért	—
translative	Madriddá	—
terminative	Madridig	—
essive-formal	Madridként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Madridban	—
superessive	Madridon	—
adessive	Madridnál	—
illative	Madridba	—
sublative	Madridra	—
allative	Madridhoz	—
elative	Madridból	—
delative	Madridról	—
ablative	Madridtól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Madridé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Madridéi	—

Possessive forms of Madrid

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Madridom	—
2nd person sing.	Madridod	—
3rd person sing.	Madridja	—
1st person plural	Madridunk	—
2nd person plural	Madridotok	—
3rd person plural	Madridjuk	—

Derived terms

• madridi

Italian

Etymology

From Spanish Madrid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈdrid/
• Rhymes: -id
• Hyphenation: Ma‧drìd

Proper noun

Madrid f

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Related terms

• madrileno

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈdɾi/ [mɐˈðɾi], /mɐˈdɾi.dɨ/ [mɐˈðɾi.ðɨ]

Proper noun

Madrid f

1. European Portuguese standard form of Madri

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Spanish Madrid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎdriːd/
• Hyphenation: Mad‧rid

Proper noun

Màdrīd m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀дрӣд)

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Declension

Declension of Madrid

	singular
nominative	Màdrīd
genitive	Madrída
dative	Madridu
accusative	Madrid
vocative	Madride
locative	Madridu
instrumental	Madridom

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmatrit]

Proper noun

Madrid m inan (genitive singular Madridu, declension pattern of dub)

1. Madrid (the capital of Spain)

References

• “Madrid”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /madrìːt/

Proper noun

Madríd m inan

1. Madrid (the capital of Spain)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Madríd
genitive	Madrída
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Madríd
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Madrída
dative (dajȃlnik)	Madrídu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Madríd
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Madrídu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Madrídom

Derived terms

• Madrídčan / Madrídčanka
• madrídski

References

• “Madrid”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Madrid”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Etymology

Formerly Magerit; etymology uncertain, but probably derived from one or more of the following:

• Latin matrix (“mother or womb [of rivers]”),
• Arabic مَجْرًى (majran, “channel”)
• hypothetical Celtic *Magyo-ɸritus (“great ford”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈdɾid/ [maˈð̞ɾið̞]
  • Rhymes: -id
• IPA^(key): /maˈdɾi/ [maˈð̞ɾi] (locally and in southern Spain)
  • Rhymes: -i
• IPA^(key): /maˈdɾiθ/ [maˈð̞ɾiθ] (Spain, locally and in northern Spain except Catalan-speaking areas; nonstandard)
• Syllabification: Ma‧drid

Proper noun

Madrid m

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)
4. the letter M in the Spanish spelling alphabet
5. a surname

Derived terms

• adiós Madrid, que te quedas sin gente
• madrileño

See also

• Madrid on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “Madrid”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

Proper noun

Madrid n (genitive Madrids)

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Madrid.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈdɾid/ [mɐˈd̪ɾɪd̪̚]
• Rhymes: -id
• Syllabification: Ma‧drid

Proper noun

Madríd (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ᜔)

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)
4. a surname from Spanish

Tatar

Etymology

From Spanish Madrid.

Proper noun

Madrid

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Declension

Declension of Madrid

nominative	Madrid
genitive	Madridnıñ
dative	Madridga
accusative	Madridnı
locative	Madridda
ablative	Madriddan

Turkish

Proper noun

Madrid

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)
2. Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)
3. Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /madˈrɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɪd

Proper noun

Madrid f

1. Madrid (the capital city of Spain)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Madrid

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Madrid	Fadrid	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.