maça

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

Catalan

Etymology

From , from Late Latin mattia or Vulgar Latin *mattea, probably from Latin mateola, from Proto-Indo-European *mat (“hoe, plow”). Compare Occitan massa, Spanish maza, Portuguese maça, French masse, Italian mazza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.sa]
• Homophone: massa
• Rhymes: -asa

Noun

maça f (plural maces)

1. mace (weapon)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese maça, from Late Latin mattia or Vulgar Latin *mattea, probably from Latin mateola, from Proto-Indo-European *mat (“hoe, plow”). Compare Spanish maza, Italian mazza, Catalan maça, French masse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.sɐ/
• Homophones: massa

Noun

maça f (plural s)

1. mace (weapon)
2. mallet (type of hammer with a head made of a non-iron material)

Synonyms

• clava, cacete, porrete

Derived terms

• maço

Related terms

• maçar

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ماچه (maça), from Greek μάτσα (mátsa) and Sicilian mazzi (cognate to Italian mazzi m pl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑt͡ʃɑ]

Noun

maça (definite accusative maçayı, plural maçalar)

1. ♠, spades in card- and boardgames

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	maça
Definite accusative	maçayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maça	maçalar
Definite accusative	maçayı	maçaları
Dative	maçaya	maçalara
Locative	maçada	maçalarda
Ablative	maçadan	maçalardan
Genitive	maçanın	maçaların