maçã

See also: maca, macà, maça, maçâ, and маса

Portuguese
maçã

Etymology

From Old Portuguese maçãa, from Vulgar Latin (māla (“apples”)) mattiana (“of Mattium”), though some theorize that mattiana 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
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ˈsɐ̃/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.ˈsɐ̃/
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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃

Noun

maçã f (plural maçãs)

  1. apple (fruit)
    Synonym: pomo (poetic)

Derived terms

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