mascaron

See also: mascarón

English

Mascaron on the Pont Alexandre III in Paris

Etymology

French, from Italian mascherone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæskəˌɹɒn/

Noun

mascaron (plural mascarons)

1. (architecture) A carved, ornamental face, usually human, sometimes frightening or chimeric whose alleged function was originally to frighten away evil spirits so that they would not enter the building.

Translations

carved, ornamental face

• Catalan: mascaró (ca) m
• Czech: maskaron m
• Danish: maskaron c
• Dutch: mascaron (nl) m
• Esperanto: maskarono
• Finnish: maskaroni
• French: mascaron (fr) m
• German: Maskaron m, Fratzenkopf m
• Italian: mascherone (it) m
• Polish: maszkaron (pl) m, maskaron (pl) m
• Portuguese: mascarão (pt) m
• Russian: маскарон (ru) m (maskaron)
• Spanish: mascarón (es) m
• Swedish: maskaron (sv)

Anagrams

• Carmonas, Marcanos, San Marco, camarons, macarons

Dutch

Etymology

From French mascaron.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mascaron m (plural mascarons, diminutive mascaronetje n)

1. (architecture) mascaron

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mascherone.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

mascaron m (plural mascarons)

1. (architecture) mascaron

Descendants

• → Polish: maskaron

Further reading

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

Galician

Verb

mascaron

1. third-person plural preterite indicative of mascar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mascaron.

Noun

mascaron n (plural mascaroane)

1. (architecture) mascaron

Declension

Declension of mascaron

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mascaron	mascaronul	(niște) mascaroane	mascaroanele
genitive/dative	(unui) mascaron	mascaronului	(unor) mascaroane	mascaroanelor
vocative	mascaronule		mascaroanelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masˈkaɾon/ [masˈka.ɾõn]
• Rhymes: -aɾon
• Syllabification: mas‧ca‧ron

Verb

mascaron

1. third-person plural preterite indicative of mascar