Mâcon

UK/ˈmakɒ̃/US/mɑˈkɔn/

Mâcon proper noun: a city and commune, the prefecture of Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Also the alternative spelling of Macon.

Proper noun

Mâcon

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
Synonyms:

Mascon

Also used as

Mâcon is also the alternative spelling of Macon.

Mâcon meaning in Arabic

Mâcon in Arabic

city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France: ماكون mākūn

Synonyms of Mâcon

Mascon

Forms of Mâcon

Proper noun
alternative form	Macon
Noun
plural	Mâcons

Origin of Mâcon

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”).

Questions about Mâcon

What does Mâcon mean?: Mâcon means a city and commune, the prefecture of Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
What is Mâcon in Arabic?: Mâcon in Arabic is ماكون (mākūn). See Mâcon meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Mâcon?: Mâcon is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mâcon?: Mâcon is pronounced /ˈmakɒ̃/ (UK).

Words near Mâcon in the dictionary

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