maçã

See also: maca, macà, maça, maçâ, and маса

Portuguese

maçã

Etymology

From Old Portuguese maçãa, from Vulgar Latin (māla (“apples”)) mattiana (“of Mattium”), though some theorize that mattiana was an Iberian pronunciation of the Gallo-Roman word matianium, a golden apple named after Gaius Matius, a horticulturist and friend of Caesar.

Cognate with Galician mazá, Aragonese and Asturian mazana, Mirandese maçana and Spanish manzana (Old Spanish maçana).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ˈsɐ̃/

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• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ˈsɐ̃/, [mɐ.ˈs̻ə̃]
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃

Noun

maçã f (plural maçãs)

1. apple (fruit)

   Synonym: pomo (poetic)

Derived terms

• macieira (“apple tree”)