maduixa

Catalan

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

maduixa f (plural maduixes)

1. strawberry

Synonyms

• arboç, fraula (Balearic)

Derived terms

• maduixer
• maduixera