almàssera

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈma.sə.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [alˈma.se.ɾa]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic المَعْصَرَة (al-maʕṣara, “press”), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate of Spanish almazara.

Noun

almàssera f (plural almàsseres)

1. olive oil mill

   Synonym: trull

Etymology 2

Maybe from Arabic المَزْرَعَة (al-mazraʕa, “farm”), or from Arabic المَشْجَرَة (al-mašjara, “woodland”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Arabic original sense for seedbed referenced in Catalan dictionaries, but link not found”)

Alternative forms

• almàixera

Noun

almàssera f (plural almàsseres)

1. a seedbed

Further reading

• “almàssera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “almàssera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.