maçana

See also: macana

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mattiāna, shortened from māla mattiāna, plural of mālum mattiānum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈsa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈsa.na]

Noun

maçana f (plural maçanes)

1. apple (fruit)

   Synonym: poma

Derived terms

• maçanera

Further reading

• “maçana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “maçana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “maçana”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Mirandese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese maçana, from Vulgar Latin *mattiāna, shortened from māla mattiānā, plural of mālum mattiānum.

Noun

maçana f (plural maçanas)

1. apple (fruit)

Old Leonese

Alternative forms

• mazana (Asturias, late spelling)
• macana (misspelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mattiāna, shortened from māla mattiānā, plural of mālum mattiānum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈt͡sana/
  • (Asturias, "mazana") IPA^(key): /maˈd͡zana/
  • (Early Modern) IPA^(key): /maˈs̻ana/

Noun

maçana f

1. apple
   • 1272, (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     que coian las maçanas e las lieven a estos monesterios

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   • 1289, Document from Oviedo‎^[2]:

     dauan el quarto de toda la maçana de la dicha pumariega

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Derived terms

• maçanal
• maçaneda

Descendants

• Old Leonese: Maçana (surname)
• Asturian: mazana
• Leonese: mazana
• Mirandese: maçana