Madeira

From Portuguese Madeira, from Portuguese madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

• IPA^(key): /məˈdɪəɹ.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹə

Madeira

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

• Madeira cake
• Madeiran
• maderize

Madeira (countable and uncountable, plural Madeiras)

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

• sherry
• Marsala

• Demaria

Madeira f

1. Madeira

Madeira n (genitive Madeiras)

1. Madeira

• Madeirer
• madeirisch

From Portuguese madeira (“wood”)

Madeira

1. Madeira (island and autonomous region of Portugal)

From Portuguese madeira (“wood”)

Madeira

1. Madeira (as above)

• Madeyra (obsolete)

From madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia (“stuff, timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Formal cognates include Spanish madera.

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

Madeira f

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

Madeira m (plural Madeiras)

1. Clipping of vinho da Madeira.

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

Madèira f (Cyrillic spelling Мадѐира)

1. Madeira