mâchon

See also: machon

French

Etymology

Deverbal from mâchonner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʃɔ̃/ ~ /mɑ.ʃɔ̃/

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Noun

mâchon m (plural mâchons)

1. (Lyon) a simple restaurant
2. (Lyon, cooking) a traditional breakfast meal of cuts of pork offal, characteristic of Lyon.
3. (Lyon) snack

References

• “mâchon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.