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Webster 1913 Edition
Madeira
Ma-dei′ra
,Noun.
[Pg., the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L.
materia
stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. See Matter
.] A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.
A cup of
Madeira
, and a cold capon’s leg. Shakespeare
Madeira nut
(Bot.)
, the European walnut; the nut of the
Juglans regia
.Webster 1828 Edition
Madeira
MADEIRA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Madeira
Madeira
See also: madeira
English
Proper noun
Madeira
- Island in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.
Derived terms
Translations
island and autonomous region
Noun
Madeira (plural Madeiras)
- A type of fortified wine produced on that island.
Translations
wine
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Portuguese madeira (“wood”)
Proper noun
Madeira
- Madeira (island and autonomous region of Portugal)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Portuguese madeira (“wood”)
Proper noun
Madeira
- Madeira (as above)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Madeyra (obsolete)
Etymology
From madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia (“stuff, timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Formal cognates include Spanish madera.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Madeira f
- Madeira (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic)
- Madeira (the largest island of Madeira)
Noun
Madeira m (plural Madeiras)
- Short for vinho da Madeira.
madeira
madeira
See also: Madeira
Finnish
Noun
madeira
- Madeira (fortified wine produced on Madeira)
Declension
Inflection of madeira (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | madeira | madeirat | |
genitive | madeiran | madeiroiden madeiroitten madeirojen |
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partitive | madeiraa | madeiroita madeiroja |
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illative | madeiraan | madeiroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | madeira | madeirat | |
accusative | nom. | madeira | madeirat |
gen. | madeiran | ||
genitive | madeiran | madeiroiden madeiroitten madeirojen madeirainrare |
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partitive | madeiraa | madeiroita madeiroja |
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inessive | madeirassa | madeiroissa | |
elative | madeirasta | madeiroista | |
illative | madeiraan | madeiroihin | |
adessive | madeiralla | madeiroilla | |
ablative | madeiralta | madeiroilta | |
allative | madeiralle | madeiroille | |
essive | madeirana | madeiroina | |
translative | madeiraksi | madeiroiksi | |
instructive | — | madeiroin | |
abessive | madeiratta | madeiroitta | |
comitative | — | madeiroineen |
Synonyms
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese madeira, from Latin materia.
Noun
madeira f (plural madeiras)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈðɐjɾɐ/, /mɐˈðejɾɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈde(j)ɾa/, /maˈde(j)ɾɐ/
- Homophone: Madeira
- Hyphenation: ma‧dei‧ra
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese madeira, from Latin materia, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Cognates include Spanish madera.
Alternative forms
- madeyra (obsolete)
Noun
madeira f (plural madeiras)
- (uncountable) wood (substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree)
- wood (the wood of a particular species of tree)
- a piece of timber
Synonyms
Derived terms
- bater na madeira
- Madeira
- madeira-da-china
- madeira-de-cheiro
- madeira de lei
Related terms
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Verb
madeira
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of madeirar
- Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of madeirar
Interjection
madeira!
- Timber!; used by lumberjacks to warn others when a tree is falling down
Etymology 2
Shortening of vinho da Madeira (“wine of Madeira”), after the Portuguese island of Madeira.
Alternative forms
Noun
madeira m (uncountable)
- a type of fortified wine produced in the island of Madeira