Mâcon

See also: macon, Macon, and maçon

English

Alternative forms

• Macon

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

1. 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)

1. Alternative spelling of Macon, red or white burgundy wine from Mâcon or extremely similar to such wines.

References

• “Mâcon, n¹.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2020.

Anagrams

• Coman, ancom

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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Proper noun

Mâcon m or f

1. Mâcon, a French town

Derived terms

• Mâconnais, mâconnais, mâcon