maçã

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Portuguese

maçã

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese maçãa, from Vulgar Latin māla Mattiāna (literally apples of Mattium), though some theorize that Mattiāna was an Iberian pronunciation of the Gallo-Roman word matianium, a golden apple named after Gaius Matius, a horticulturist and friend of Caesar.[1]

Cognate with Galician mazá, Aragonese and Asturian mazana, Mirandese maçana and Spanish manzana (Old Spanish maçana).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃
  • Hyphenation: ma‧çã

Noun

maçã f (plural maçãs)

  1. apple (fruit)
    Synonyms: pero, (poetic) pomo

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References

  1. ^ Agnes, Michael, ed. in chief, Webster's New World College Dictionary, fourth edition, MacMillan, 1999.