macon

See also: Macon, Mâcon, maçon, and Macoń

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmækɒn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmækɑn/

Noun

macon (plural macons)

1. (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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.kən/

Noun

macon (uncountable)

1. Mutton bacon, a form of bacon made from cured mutton.

Anagrams

• Coman, ancom

Esperanto

Noun

macon

1. accusative singular of maco

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *makōn.

Verb

macon

1. to make
2. to cause

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: māken
  • Dutch: maken
    • Afrikaans: maak
  • Limburgish: make
  • → Picard Old French: makier, maquier
    • → Middle French: maquier, macquiller
      • French: maquiller
        • → Dutch: maquilleren
        • → Spanish: maquillar
        • → Portuguese: maquilhar, maquiar

Further reading

• “makon”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Welsh

Alternative forms

• bacon

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmakɔn/
• Rhymes: -akɔn

Noun

macon f (collective, singulative maconen)

1. berries

   Synonym: aeron

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
macon	facon	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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