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maçon

maçon

See also: macon, Macon, and Mâcon

French

Noun

maçon m ‎(plural maçons)

  1. mason, stonemason; builder
  2. (freemasonry) Mason, Freemason

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • macon (older manuscripts)

Etymology

Old French maçon.

Noun

maçon m (plural maçons)

  1. mason; builder

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

  • macon (manuscript form)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /masõn/

Noun

maçon m ‎(oblique plural maçons, nominative singular maçons, nominative plural maçon)

  1. mason; builder
    • circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
      Maçons fist querre et carpenters
      Si fist refaire les mousters
      He searched for masons and carpenters
      in order to rebuild the minsters.

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

maçon m (plural maçons)

  1. Alternative form of mação

Etymology

From Middle French maçon "mason" from Old French maçon, masson, machun "brick-layer", from Late Latin macio, machio "carpenter, brick-layer" (attested 7thc by Isidore de Séville), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *makjo ‎(“builder, maker”), derivative of Frankish *makōn ‎(“to build, make, work”), from Proto-Germanic *makōną ‎(“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- ‎(“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Frankish *matjo ‎(“cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *matją, *mattukaz ‎(“ploghshare, mattock”), from Proto-Indo-European *mat- ‎(“hoe, mattock”). Akin to Old High German steinmezzo ‎(“stone mason”), Old High German mahhōn ‎(“to make, work”). More at make, mattock.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /masɔ̃/

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