macieira
Portuguese, noun/ma.siˈe(j).ɾɐ/
macieira is spelled M-A-C-I-E-I-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macieira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “apple tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de árvore da família das rosáceas que produz as maçãs (género/gênero Malus)”.
What does macieira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapple tree
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de árvore da família das rosáceas que produz as maçãs (género/gênero Malus)
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Santa Catarina
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of macieira
- macieiras plural
- maceira alternative
- maçãera alternative
- maçãzeira alternative
- maçanzeira alternative
- maçaneira alternative
- mançaneira alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce macieira?
- Brazil /ma.siˈe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ma.siˈe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Brazil /maˈsje(j).ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to macieira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is macieira in Portuguese?
macieira appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).