Mâcon
English
Alternative forms
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmakɒ̃/, /ˈmɑːkɒ̃/
- (General American) IPA(key): /mɑˈkɔn/
Proper noun
Mâcon
- A town and commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
- 1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 153:
- 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.
Synonyms
- Mascon (obsolete)
Related terms
- macon
- Mâconnais
Noun
Mâcon (countable and uncountable, plural Mâcons)
References
- “Mâcon, n¹.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2020.
French
Etymology
A development of earlier Mascon, from 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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.kɔ̃/, /mɑ.kɔ̃/
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