madeixa

Inherited from Latin mataxa, from Ancient Greek μέταξα (métaxa).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈðe.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈðej.ʃa]

madeixa f (plural madeixes)

1. skein (a quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel)

   Synonym: troca

   Cabdellava una madeixa de llana tot escoltant música.

   He wound a skein of wool while listening to music.

   Guardava les madeixes en una capsa vermella.

   She kept the skeins in a red box.

• “madeixa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mataxa, from Ancient Greek μέταξα (métaxa).

• IPA^(key): /maˈðejʃa̝/

madeixa f (plural madeixas)

1. skein (a quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel)

   Synonyms: cadeixa, mea, meada

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “madeixa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “madeixa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “madeixa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mataxa, from Ancient Greek μέταξα (métaxa).

madeixa f (plural madeixas)

1. lock (tuft or length of hair)

   Synonym: mecha

2. small skein (a quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel)

   Synonym: meada

• “madeixa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “madeixa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025