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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin māteria, from māter (“source”, literally “mother”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈdeɾa/,
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Hyphenation: ma‧de‧ra
Noun
madera f (plural maderes)
- wood
Italian
Noun
madera m (invariable)
- madeira (wine)
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Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin māteria, from māter (“source”, literally “mother”). Compare Old Galician-Portuguese madeira.
Pronunciation
Noun
madera f (plural maderas)
- wood
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 49r:[…] e enbẏo amonte libano .lxxx. mil om̃s q̃ taiaſſen madera. e .lxx. mil maçoneros pora la obra de la piedra ſin los maẏorales q̃ les comendauan q̃ auien a fer.- And he sent to Mount Lebanon eighty thousand men to cut wood and seventy thousand masons for the working of stone, besides the foremen who commanded them what they were to do.
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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish madera, from Latin māteria (compare French matière, Italian materia, Portuguese madeira), from māter (“source”, literally “mother”). Doublet of materia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈdeɾa/
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: ma‧de‧ra
Noun
madera f (plural maderas)
- wood
- wooden plank, board
- makings
No tiene madera de instigador.- He hasn't got the makings of an instigator.
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