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Mâcon
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macon Macon maçon Macoń
English
Alternative forms
en Macon
Etymology
Borrowed from en fr Mâcon, from earlier fr Mascon and en la-med Masconis, a syncopated form of la-med Madasconis and la Matisco, probably from en cel-gau matus bear (from en cel-pro *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from cel-pro *matis good), and a suffix equivalent to la -iscus -ish: forming adjectives.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmakɒ̃/ /ˈmɑːkɒ̃/ /ˈmɑːkən/ RP
en /mɑˈkɔn/ /mɑˈkən/ GA
Proper noun
en Q174247en city/and/commune/fpref dept/Saône-et-Loire r/Bourgogne-Franche-Comté c/France.
153 It was not until after the waiter came with the bill that F. Scott Fitzgerald Scott decided that we have the hotel make us a picnic lunch. I tried to argue him out of this as I was sure we could get a bottle of Mâcon in Mâcon and we could buy something to make sandwiches in a charcuterie.
Synonyms
en Mascon obsolete
Related terms
en macon
en Mâconnais
Translations
city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Arabic: ar ماكون mākūn
French: fr Mâcon m
Japanese: ja マコン Makon
Latin: la Matisco f
Russian: ru Мако́н
Noun
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en Macon, red or white burgundy wine from Mâcon or extremely similar to such wines.
References
Mâcon n¹ 111915 2020
Anagrams
en acmno Coman ancom
en 2-syllable words
en Wines
French
fr:
Etymology
A development of earlier fr Mascon, from fr la-med Masconis, a syncopated form of la-med Madasconis and la Matisco, probably from fr cel-gau matus bear (from fr cel-pro *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from cel-pro *matis good) and a suffix equivalent to la -iscus -ish: forming adjectives.
Pronunciation
fr Fr-Paris--Mâcon.ogg Paris
Proper noun
mf
fr Mâcon Q174247
Derived terms
fr Mâconnais, fr mâconnais, fr mâcon