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See also: mascarón
English
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Etymology
[edit]From French, from Italian mascherone.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mascaron (plural mascarons)
- (architecture) A carved, ornamental face, usually human, sometimes frightening or chimeric whose alleged function was originally to frighten away evil spirits so that they would not enter the building.
Translations
[edit]carved, ornamental face
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Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]mascaron m (plural mascarons, diminutive mascaronetje n)
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian mascherone.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]mascaron m (plural mascarons)
Descendants
[edit]- → Polish: maskaron
Further reading
[edit]- “mascaron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]mascaron
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French mascaron.
Noun
[edit]mascaron n (plural mascaroane)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mascaron
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) mascaron | mascaronul | (niște) mascaroane | mascaroanele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) mascaron | mascaronului | (unor) mascaroane | mascaroanelor |
| vocative | mascaronule | mascaroanelor | ||
Spanish
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[edit]Verb
[edit]mascaron
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- nl:Architectural elements
- French terms borrowed from Italian
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- fr:Architectural elements
- Galician non-lemma forms
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- ro:Architectural elements
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