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Mâcon en · NOUN
Pronunciation
/mɑˈkən/ (General-American)
/ˈmakɒ̃/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈmɑːkɒ̃/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈmɑːkən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/mɑˈkɔn/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from French Mâcon, from earlier Mascon and Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) (from Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”)), and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).
Meanings
(alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative spelling of Macon, red or white burgundy wine from Mâcon or extremely similar to such wines.
Borrowed from French Mâcon, from earlier Mascon and Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) (from Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”)), and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).
Meanings
A city and commune, the prefecture of Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
It was not until after the waiter came with the bill that 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. 1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 153:
la Matisco (city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France) · fr Mâcon (city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France) · ru Мако́н (city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France) · ja マコン (city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France) · ar ماكون (city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)