maduixa

Catalan

Etymology

From Basque mart- (“blackberry; bramble”), as in martotx (“bramble”), martsuts ~ martuza (“blackberry”). Basque also gave Aragonese martuel, Spanish madroño. Similar sense development in Galician amorodo, Portuguese morango (“strawberry”), both from amora (“blackberry; bramble”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /məˈdu.ʃə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /maˈduj.ʃa/

Noun

maduixa f (plural maduixes)

strawberry

Synonyms

arboç, fraula (Balearic)

Derived terms

maduixer
maduixera

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