macieira

See also: Macieira

Portuguese

macieira

Alternative forms

• maceira, maçãera, maçãzeira, maçanzeira, maçaneira, mançaneira

Etymology

From maçã +‎ -eira, from Old Galician-Portuguese maçẽeyra, from Medieval Latin mazanaria.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.siˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [ma.sɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /maˈsje(j).ɾɐ/ [maˈsje(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.siˈe(j).ɾɐ/ [ma.sɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /maˈsje(j).ɾɐ/ [maˈsje(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.siˈe(j).ɾa/ [ma.sɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾa], (faster pronunciation) /maˈsje(j).ɾa/ [maˈsje(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsjɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsjɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsjej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsjej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsje.ɾɐ/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ci‧ei‧ra

Noun

macieira f (plural macieiras)

1. apple tree

Related terms

• maçã

Further reading

• “macieira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “macieira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026