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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

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative spelling of Macon, red or white burgundy wine from Mâcon or extremely similar to such wines.
    alt of Macon

Forms

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Macon alternative lexicographic
Mâcons Number=Plur lexicographic

Mâcon en · PROPN

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

  1. 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Macon alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Mâconnais · macon

Synonyms

Mascon

Translations (5)

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)