maduixa

Catalan

Alternative forms

• madoixa (local)

Etymology

At least two theories are suggested:

• From Basque mart- (“blackberry; bramble”), as in martotx (“bramble”), martsuts, martuza (“blackberry”). Basque also gave Aragonese martuel, Spanish madroño. Similar sense development in Galician amorodo, Portuguese morango (“strawberry”), both from amora (“blackberry; bramble”).
• From Gaulish *majoþa. Compare Occitan majofa, Lombard magiostra.

Note also Armenian մաթուզ (matʻuz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [məˈðu.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [maˈðuj.ʃa]

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• Rhymes: -ujʃa
• Hyphenation: ma‧dui‧xa

Noun

maduixa f (plural maduixes)

1. strawberry (fruit)

   Synonym: (Balearic) fraula f

Coordinate terms

• arboç

Derived terms

• maduixer
• maduixera

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “maduixa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “fraise”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 21: Inconnus, page 95
• Grzega, Joachim (2001), Romania Gallica Cisalpina: Etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, page 206