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English
Etymology 1
Named after French Mâcon, due to the West German team's highly successful performance at the 1959 European Rowing Championships which took place there; attributed in part to their use of macon blades.
Pronunciation
Noun
macon (plural macons)
- (rowing) A type of oar blade with an elliptical shape which is squared off at the end, with a ridgeline running down the centre of the blade face.
Etymology 2
Blend of mutton + bacon
Pronunciation
Noun
macon (uncountable)
- Mutton bacon, a form of bacon made from cured mutton.
Anagrams
Esperanto
Noun
macon
- accusative singular of maco
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *makōn.
Verb
macon
- to make
- to cause
Inflection
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Descendants
Further reading
- “makon”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly cognate with magu (“to rear, to raise, to nuture”), or from earlier *bac, derived from Latin bāca (“berry, olive”).
If from Latin, the /m/ would be a backformation from the soft-mutated form facon, cf. mantais (“advantage”), melfaréd (“velveret”), melfed (“velvet”), mentr (“venture”), mursen (“coquette; damselfly”).
Pronunciation
Noun
macon f (collective, singulative maconen)
- berries
- Synonym: aeron
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “macon”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies