Mâcon
Meanings
name
- A city and commune, the prefecture of Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
noun
- Alternative spelling of Macon, red or white burgundy wine from Mâcon or extremely similar to such wines.
Pronunciation
Word 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”).
Synonyms
Related words
Previous
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.