English Explanatory Dictionary

madder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A herbaceous plant, Rubia tinctorum, native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye (alizarin) obtained from the root.
  2. The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye.
  3. A dye made from the plant.
  4. A deep reddish colour, like that of the dye.
adj
  1. Of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye.
verb
  1. To dye with madder.
adj
  1. comparative form of mad: more mad
noun
  1. Obsolete form of mether.
verb
  1. Eye dialect spelling of matter.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæd.ə(ɹ)/ [ˈmad.ə(ɹ)] /ˈmæd.ɚ/ [ˈmæɾ.ɚ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-madder.wav

Word forms

madder madders maddering maddered

Etymology

From Middle English mader, madere, mædere, from Old English mædere, mæddre, mædre, from Proto-Germanic *madarǭ (compare Swedish måra, Old Norse / Icelandic maðra), from Proto-Indo-European *modʰro-, cognate with Proto-Slavic *modrъ (“blue”), and compare Irish madar (“madder”), Latvian madara (“madder”).

Synonyms

common madder dyer's madder

Related words

bedstraw bluet genipap

Derived words

blue field madder brown madder capucine madder common madder crimson madder dyer's madder field madder flowers of madder Indian madder madder crimson madder lake madder orange madder rose madder scarlet madderwort maddery madder yellow orange madder pink madder Rembrandt's madder rose madder Rubens' madder scarlet madder white madder wild madder

Translations

Afrikaans: meekrap Akkadian: 𒁍𒉿𒌈 Albanian: bimë ngjyruese Albanian: rrolbë Albanian: rrojbë Arabic: فُوَّة صَبْغِيَّة Arabic: فُوَّة Aramaic: פּוּתָא Aramaic: פּוּאֲתָא Aramaic: ܦܽܘܬܳܐ Armenian: տորոն Azerbaijani: boyaqotu Belarusian: марэ́на Belarusian: мару́на Breton: gwrizienn-ruz Bulgarian: брош Catalan: roja Chinese: 茜草 Czech: mořena Danish: krap Dutch: meekrap Dutch: meekraprood Dutch: kraplak Estonian: punavärvik Estonian: krapp Finnish: värimatara Finnish: aitovärimatara Finnish: värikrappi Finnish: alitsariini Finnish: krappi Finnish: alitsariinipunainen French: garance Georgian: ენდრო German: Färberkrapp German: Färberröte German: Krapp German: Krapprot German: Krappfarbstoff German: Alizarin German: Alizarinrot Greek: ριζάρι Greek: ερυθρόδανο Hebrew: פּוּאָה Hittite: 𒊺𒉿𒁕 Hungarian: festő buzér Irish: madar Italian: robbia Italian: garanza Italian: alizarina Japanese: 茜 Central Kurdish: ڕۆنیاس Northern Kurdish: soring Latin: rubia Latvian: madara Macedonian: броќ Norwegian: krapp Old Norse: maðra Persian: روناس Polish: marzana Portuguese: ruiva-dos-tintureiros Portuguese: ruiva Portuguese: granza Portuguese: garança Portuguese: alizarina Romanian: roibă Romanian: garanță Romanian: alizarină Russian: маре́на Russian: крапп Serbo-Croatian: бро̏ћ Serbo-Croatian: brȍć
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