madeira

Other forms of madeira

plural

madeiras·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about madeira

What does madeira mean?

madeira means "a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in madeira?

madeira has 3 syllables: ma-deir-a. The stress falls on "deir". In IPA it is /məˈdɪɹə/.

What is another word for madeira?

Close synonyms include Madeira River. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is madeira a common word?

madeira is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.