# Madeira
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məˈdɪəɹ.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪəɹə

### Proper noun

Madeira
* An island in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.
    Hypernym: Macaronesia
* A river in Amazonas, Brazil, a tributary of the Amazon.
* A city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, named after landowner John Madeira.
* A surname.

#### Derived terms

* Madeira cake
* Madeiran
* Madeira petrel
* Madeira walnut
* maderize

#### Translations
### Noun

Madeira (countable and uncountable, plural Madeiras)
* A type of fortified wine produced on that island.
** 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 280:Add to this, Madeira which had twice ripened beneath eastern suns—once in the grape, and once in the wood; and Port whose filmy robe of cobweb had, as old Adrian boasted, outlasted many a silken dress.

#### Alternative forms

* madeira

#### Coordinate terms

* Marsala, marsala
* Porto, port, porto
* sherry

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Demaria, Maredia

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Madeira, from madeira (“wood”). Doublet of matèria.

### Proper noun

Madeira f
* Madeira (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal, located in Atlantic Ocean)
    Hypernym: Macaronèsia
* Madeira (an island in Madeira)
    Hypernym: arxipèlag de Madeira

#### Derived terms

* arxipèlag de Madeira
* madeira

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Madeira, from madeira (“wood”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmadɛjra]
* Hyphenation: Ma‧dei‧ra

### Proper noun

Madeira f (relational adjective madeirský)
* Madeira (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic)
* Madeira (the largest island of the Madeira Archipelago)

#### See also

* madeira f

### Further reading

* “Madeira”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Madeira”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Madeira”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Madeira, from madeira (“wood”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maˈdeːʁa]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eːʁa
* Hyphenation: Ma‧dei‧ra

### Proper noun

Madeira n (proper noun, strong, genitive Madeiras)
* Madeira (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic)
* Madeira (the largest island of the Madeira Archipelago)

#### Derived terms

* Madeirer
* madeirisch

### Further reading

* “Madeira” in Duden online
* “Madeira”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
* “Madeira” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Madeira, from madeira (“wood”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɐdʲɛɪˈrɐ]
* Hyphenation: Ma‧dei‧ra

### Noun

Madeirà f (uncountable) stress pattern 2
* Madeira (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic)
* Madeira (the largest island of the Madeira Archipelago)
* Madeira (a river in Amazonas, Brazil, a tributary of the Amazon).

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Madeira”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
* Madeira (archipelago) in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)
* Madeira (river) in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)

## 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [maˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /maˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [maˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /maˈde(j).ɾa/ [maˈde(ɪ̯).ɾa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [mɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [mɐˈðɐj.ɾɐ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈdej.ɾɐ/ [mɐˈðej.ɾɐ]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈdej.ɾɐ/ [mɐˈðej.ɾɐ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mɐˈde.ɾɐ/ [mɐˈðe.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -ejɾɐ, (Portugal) -ɐjɾɐ
* Homophone: madeira
* Hyphenation: Ma‧dei‧ra

### Proper noun

Madeira f
* Madeira (an archipelago and autonomous region of Portugal in the North Atlantic)
    Synonym: Região Autónoma da Madeira
* Madeira (the largest island of the Madeira Archipelago)

#### Derived terms

* madeirense

### Noun

Madeira m (plural Madeiras)
* Ellipsis of vinho da Madeira.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maděira/
* Hyphenation: Ma‧de‧i‧ra

### Proper noun

Madèira f (Cyrillic spelling Мадѐира)
* Madeira