"maó" meaning in Catalan

See maó in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [məˈo] [Balearic, Central], [maˈo] [Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-maó.wav Forms: maons [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain, probably pre-Roman. Compare Italian mattone. Etymology templates: {{ncog|it|mattone}} Italian mattone Head templates: {{ca-noun|m}} maó m (plural maons)
  1. brick (building material) Tags: masculine Related terms: totxo
    Sense id: en-maó-ca-noun-IYxzWGN4 Categories (other): Catalan terms with collocations, Building materials Disambiguation of Building materials: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [məˈo] [Balearic, Central], [maˈo] [Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-maó.wav Forms: maons [plural]
Etymology: From Maó, capital city of Menorca, where it is produced. Head templates: {{ca-noun|m}} maó m (plural maons)
  1. a type of Menorcan cheese made from cow's milk (Spanish mahón) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-maó-ca-noun-FPj9d3G2 Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Building materials, Cheeses Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Building materials: 46 54 Disambiguation of Cheeses: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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