Feminine
Meaning
apple (fruit)
Concepts
Malus pumila
dessert apple
orchard apple tree
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maˈsɐ̃/
Etymology
In summary
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. Cognate with Galician mazá, Aragonese and Asturian mazana, Mirandese maçana and Spanish manzana (Old Spanish maçana).
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