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madeira

/məˈdɪɹə/muh-DIH-ruh
/məˈdɪɹə/muh-DIH-ruh

Meaningwood

Common meaning: a fortified wine from Madeira

Journey through time

  1. Latinmateria‘stuff, wood’source
  2. Portuguesemadeira‘wood’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftswood → a fortified wine from Madeiramadeira‘a fortified wine from Madeira’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin materia ‘wood’.

Roots

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