English

Proper noun

Madeira

1. Island in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.

Derived terms

• Madeira cake
• Madeiran
• maderize

Translations

Noun

Madeira ‎(plural Madeiras)

1. A type of fortified wine produced on that island.

Translations

Catalan

Proper noun

Madeira f

1. Madeira

German

Proper noun

Madeira n ‎(genitive Madeiras)

1. Madeira

Derived terms

• Madeirer
• Madeirerin
• madeirisch

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Portuguese madeira ‎(“wood”)

Proper noun

Madeira

1. Madeira (island and autonomous region of Portugal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Portuguese madeira ‎(“wood”)

Proper noun

Madeira

1. 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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ˈðɐj.ɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ˈde(j).ɾɐ/
• Homophone: madeira

Proper noun

Madeira f

1. Madeira (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic)
2. Madeira (the largest island of Madeira)

Noun

Madeira m (plural Madeiras)

1. Short for vinho da Madeira.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maděira/
• Hyphenation: Ma‧de‧i‧ra

Proper noun

Madèira f ‎(Cyrillic spelling Мадѐира)

1. Madeira

Declension

Finnish

Noun

madeira

1. Madeira (fortified wine produced on Madeira)

Declension

Synonyms

• madeiraviini

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese madeira, from Latin 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.

Alternative forms

• madeyra (obsolete)

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

Related terms

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

• Madeira

Noun

madeira m (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

• vinho da Madeira, vinho Madeira