madeira

Noun

1. (feminine, uncountable) wood (substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree)
2. (feminine) wood (the wood of a particular species of tree)
3. (feminine) a piece of timber
4. (feminine, plural-normally) woodwind instrument

Intj

timber!; used by lumberjacks to warn others when a tree is falling down

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of madeirar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of madeirar:

madeirar

1. (transitive) to panel with wood
2. (intransitive) to do woodworking

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/maˈde(j).ɾɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: māteria

Cognate with Galician: madeira

Cognate with Spanish: madera

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese madeira, from Latin māteria, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr (“mother”). Doublet of matéria, a learned borrowing. Cognates include Galician madeira and Spanish madera.

Concepts

wood

🪵

timber

lumber

madeira

hardwood

Madeira

timberland

woodland

woodwind

woodwind instrument

piece of wood

antlers

balsa

forest

grove

antler

Synonyms

lenha

floresta

árvore

🌳

pau

lenho

madeira de lei

mata

Translations

madera

🪵

bois

🪵

legno

🪵

Holz

🪵

hout

🪵

drewno

fusta

🪵

خشب

🪵

ξυλεία

odun

lignum

drzewo

legname

ξύλο

خَشَب

Sentences

Um cavalo salta sobre uma cerca de madeira .

A horse jumps over a wooden fence.

A madeira é o melhor para fazer brinquedos e blocos .

Wood is the best for making toys and blocks.

Um zelador limpa o piso de madeira de uma sala de aula .

A janitor cleans the hardwood floor of a classroom.

Tiffany nos disse , o banco é feito de madeira de faia .

Tiffany told us, the bench is made of beech wood.

Os meninos estão escalando postes de madeira em um rio sujo .

The boys are climbing wooden poles in a dirty river.

Os meninos balançam em um balanço verde fora de uma estrutura de madeira velha .

The boys swing on a green swing out of an old wooden frame.