maduixa

Catalan

Alternative forms

madoixa (local)

Etymology

At least two theories are suggested:

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”).
From Gaulish *majoþa. Compare Occitan majofa, Lombard magiostra.

Note also Armenian մաթուզ (matʿuz).

Pronunciation

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

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /maˈduj.ʃa/
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Rhymes: -ujʃa
Hyphenation: ma‧dui‧xa

Noun

maduixa f (plural maduixes)

strawberry (fruit)
Synonym: (Balearic) fraula f

Coordinate terms

arboç

Derived terms

References

“maduixa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “fraise”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 21: Inconnus, page 95
Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina: Etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, page 206

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