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English
Etymology
From Middle English masoun , machun , from Anglo-Norman machun , masson , Old French maçon , from Late Latin maciō ( “ carpenter, bricklayer ” ) , from Frankish *makjō ( “ maker, builder ” ) , a derivative of Frankish *makōn ( “ to work, build, make ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *mag- ( “ to knead, mix, make ” ) , conflated with Proto-West Germanic *mattjō ( “ cutter ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *metn- , *met- ( “ to cut ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
mason (plural masons )
A bricklayer , one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick
One who prepares stone for building purposes.
A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason .
Derived terms
Translations
one who builds with stone or brick
Afrikaans: messelaar
Albanian: murator (sq) m
Arabic: بَنَّاء (ar) m ( bannāʔ )
Armenian: քարտաշ (hy) ( kʻartaš )
Assamese: মিস্ত্ৰী ( mistri )
Azerbaijani: bənna (az)
Basque: igeltsero (eu)
Belarusian: му́ляр m ( múljar )
Bengali: মিস্ত্রী (bn) ( mistri )
Bube: mísinna
Bulgarian: зидар (bg) m ( zidar )
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 石匠 (zh) ( shíjiàng ) , 石工 (zh) ( shígōng )
Czech: zedník (cs) m
Dutch: metselaar (nl) m , ( Flemish ) metser (nl) m
Esperanto: masonisto
Finnish: muurari (fi)
French: maçon (fr) m , maçonne (fr) f
German: Maurer (de) m
Greek: κτίστης (el) m ( ktístis ) , λιθοδόμος (el) m ( lithodómos )
Hausa: mēsìn m
Hebrew: בנאי (he) m ( banai )
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: kőműves (hu)
Icelandic: múrari (is) m
Ingrian: kamenšikka
Irish: saor m
Italian: muratore (it) m
Japanese: 石工 (ja) ( いしく, ishiku )
Khmer: ជាងកំបោ ( ciəngkɑmbao )
Korean: 석공(石工) (ko) ( seokgong )
Latin: caementarius m
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Lombard: magut (lmo) (Western), murador (Eastern)
Macedonian: ѕидар (mk) m ( dzidar )
Mauritian Creole: mason
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Occitan: maçon (oc) m , peirièr m
Ottoman Turkish: دیوارجی ( duvarcı )
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polabian: maurnĕk m
Polish: kamieniarz (pl) m , murarz (pl) m
Portuguese: pedreiro (pt) m
Romanian: zidar (ro) m , pietrar (ro) m , mason (ro) m ( rare )
Russian: ка́менщик (ru) m ( kámenščik ) , масо́н (ru) m ( masón ) ( rare in this sense )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: зѝда̄р m
Roman: zìdār (sh) m
Sicilian: muraturi m
Slovak: murár (sk) m
Spanish: albañil (es) m
Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: taş ustası , duvarcı (tr)
Ukrainian: му́ляр (uk) m ( múljar )
Urdu: please add this translation if you can
Venetan: muràro
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
West Frisian: mitselder c
Verb
mason (third-person singular simple present masons , present participle masoning , simple past and past participle masoned )
( transitive , normally with a preposition) To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons
to mason up a well or terrace
to mason in a kettle or boiler
Translations
to build stonework or brickwork
Anagrams
Esperanto
Noun
mason
accusative singular of maso
Mauritian Creole
Etymology 1
From French maçon .
Noun
mason
mason , bricklayer
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .) .
Noun
mason
fruit of the Ziziphus jujuba (syn. Ziziphus vulgaris )
References
Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French maçon , from Middle French maçon ( “ mason ” ) , from Old French maçon , masson , machun ( “ brick-layer ” ) , from Late Latin maciō , machiō ( “ carpenter, brick-layer ” ) , from a derivative of Frankish *makōn ( “ to build, make, work ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *mag- ( “ to knead, mix, make ” ) , conflated with Frankish *mati ( “ cutter ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *matją , *mattjuk ( “ ploughshare, mattock ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *mat- ( “ hoe, mattock ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈma.sɔn/
Rhymes: -asɔn
Syllabification: ma‧son
Noun
mason m pers (female equivalent masonka )
mason , Freemason
Synonym: wolnomularz
Declension
Further reading
mason in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
mason in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French maçon .
Noun
mason m (plural masoni )
freemason
Declension
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
Unknown
Noun
mason
fruit of the Ziziphus jujuba (syn. Ziziphus vulgaris )
References
Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français