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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic المَعْصَرَة (al-maʕṣara, “press”), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate of Spanish almazara.
Noun
almàssera f (plural almàsseres)
- olive oil mill
- Synonym: trull
Etymology 2
Maybe from Arabic المَزْرَعَة (al-mazraʕa, “farm”), or from Arabic المَشْجَرَة (al-mašjara, “woodland”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Arabic original sense for seedbed referenced in Catalan dictionaries, but link not found”)
Noun
almàssera f (plural almàsseres)
- a seedbed
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