madeira

See also: Madeira

English

Noun

madeira (countable and uncountable, plural madeiras)

  1. Madeira (wine)

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

madeira

  1. Madeira (fortified wine produced on Madeira)

Declension
Inflection of madeira (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative madeira madeirat
genitive madeiran madeiroiden
madeiroitten
madeirojen
partitive madeiraa madeiroita
madeiroja
illative madeiraan madeiroihin
singular plural
nominative madeira madeirat
accusative nom. madeira madeirat
gen. madeiran
genitive madeiran madeiroiden
madeiroitten
madeirojen
madeirainrare
partitive madeiraa madeiroita
madeiroja
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. Cf. also materia.

Noun

madeira f (plural madeiras)

  1. wood

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. Doublet of matéria, a borrowing.

Alternative forms

Noun

madeira f (plural madeiras)

  1. (uncountable) wood (substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree)
  2. wood (the wood of a particular species of tree)
  3. a piece of timber
Synonyms
  • (wood substance): lenha, lenho, pau
  • (wood of a species): pau
  • (piece of timber): pau
Derived terms
  • bater na madeira
  • Madeira
  • madeira-da-china
  • madeira-de-cheiro
  • madeira de lei

Verb

madeira

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of madeirar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of madeirar

Interjection

madeira!

  1. 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)

  1. a type of fortified wine produced in the island of Madeira
Synonyms
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