almàssera

almàssera

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əlˈma.sə.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /alˈma.se.ɾa/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْصَرَة‎ (maʿṣara, “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 (mazraʿa, “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

Further reading

• “almàssera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “almàssera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.