Meanings
madeira1
plural madeiras
- countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Madeira (“fortified wine”).
Madeira2
- An archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.
- The largest island in the Madeira Archipelago; in full, Madeira Island.
- A city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cincinnati named after landowner John Madeira.
- A surname from Portuguese.
plural Madeiras · alternative madeira
- countableuncountableA type of fortified wine produced on that island.
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.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 280
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*méh₂tēr“mother”
- Latinmateria
- Portuguesemadeira“wood”
- PortugueseMadeira
- EnglishMadeira
From Portuguese Madeira, from Portuguese madeira (“wood”), from Latin materia, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Doublet of matter.
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Arabic ماديرا
- ماديراisland and autonomous region
Catalan Madeira, madeira
- Madeiraisland and autonomous region
- madeirawine
Chinese Mandarin 馬德拉 /马德拉
- 馬德拉 /马德拉 (Mǎdélā)island and autonomous region
Esperanto Madejro
- Madejroisland and autonomous region
Finnish madeira
- madeirawine
French Madère, madère
- Madèreisland and autonomous region
- madèrewine
Greek Μαδέρα
- Μαδέρα (Madéra)island and autonomous region
Hungarian Madeira
- Madeiraisland and autonomous region
Irish Maidéara
- Maidéaraisland and autonomous region
Japanese マデイラ
- マデイラisland and autonomous region
Korean 마데이라
- 마데이라island and autonomous region
Lithuanian Madeirà
- Madeiràisland and autonomous region
Norwegian Bokmål Madeira
- Madeiraisland and autonomous region
Polish Madera
- Maderaisland and autonomous region
Portuguese Madeira, vinho da Madeira
- Madeiraisland and autonomous region
- vinho da Madeirawine
- vinho Madeirawine
Russian Маде́йра, маде́ра
- Маде́йра (Madɛ́jra)island and autonomous region
- маде́ра (madéra)wine
Yiddish מאַדיירע, מאַדיירע
- מאַדיירע (madeyre)island and autonomous region
- מאַדיירע (madeyre)wine
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
madeira. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/madeira
“madeira.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/madeira. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “madeira,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/madeira.
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