almàssera

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْصَرَة‎ (maʕṣara, “press”), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate of Spanish almazara.

Noun

almàssera f (plural almàsseres)

  1. olive oil mill
    Synonym: trull

Etymology 2

Maybe from Arabic مَزْرَعَة‎ (mazraʕa, “farm”), or from Arabic مَشْجَرَة‎ (mašjara, “woodland”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Arabic original sense for seedbed referenced in catalan dictionaries, but link not found”)

Alternative forms
  • almàixera

Noun

almàssera f (plural almàsseres)

  1. A seedbed

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