Mâcon

UK/ˈmakɒ̃/UK/ˈmɑːkɒ̃/UK/ˈmɑːkən/US/mɑˈkɔn/

proper noun

A city and commune, the prefecture of Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

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Mascon
OriginFrench Mâcon ← Medieval Latin Masconis ← Gaulish matus →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Macon

  1. 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

nounMâcon (countable and uncountable, plural Mâcons)

plural Mâcons · alternative Macon

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

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA city and commune, the prefecture of Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

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Mascon
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mascon

Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*matus
  2. Gaulishmatus“bear”
  3. Medieval LatinMasconis
  4. FrenchMâcon
  5. EnglishMâcon

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”).

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Translations

Arabic ماكون
  • ماكون (mākūn)city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
French Mâcon
  • Mâconcity in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Japanese マコン
  • マコン (Makon)city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Latin Matisco
  • Matiscocity in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Russian Мако́н
  • Мако́н (Makón)city in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
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APA

Mâcon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/M%C3%A2con

MLA

“Mâcon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/M%C3%A2con. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mâcon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/M%C3%A2con.

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