masonry

English

Etymology

From Middle English masonry, masonrie, partly from Old French maçonerie and partly from mason +‎ -ry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪsənɹi/

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Noun

masonry (countable and uncountable, plural masonries)

1. The art or occupation of a mason.

   He studied masonry for five years.

2. The work or performance of a mason

   The masonry was exquisite.

3. That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.

   The masonry was cracked.

   • 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 56:

     Many houses built between the Civil War and 1940 have masonry walls, usually of brick, with the inside surfaces covered by a layer of plaster.

4. The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; Freemasonry.

Synonyms

• stonecraft
• stonework

Derived terms

• concrete masonry unit
• Freemasonry
• masonry cement
• masonry heater
• masonry layout
• monumental masonry
• Operative Masonry
• Speculative Masonry

 

Translations

art or occupation of a mason

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: igeltserotza (eu)
• Belarusian: каме́нная кла́дка f (kamjénnaja kládka)
• Bulgarian: зидарство n (zidarstvo)
• Catalan: maçoneria (ca) f
• Czech: zednictví n
• Finnish: muurarius
• French: maçonnerie (fr) f
• German: Maurerhandwerk n
• Gujarati: કડિયાકામ (kaḍiyākām)
• Hindi: राजगीरी (hi) m (rājgīrī)
• Hungarian: kőművesség (hu)
• Italian: muratura (it) f
• Japanese: 石工職人, 石造技術
• Macedonian: ѕидарство n (dzidarstvo)
• Norman: machon'nie f
• Occitan: maçonariá (oc) f
• Portuguese: alvenaria (pt) f
• Russian: ка́менная кла́дка f (kámennaja kládka)
• Slovak: murárstvo n, murárčina f
• Spanish: albañilería (es) f
• Ukrainian: кам'яна́ кла́дка f (kamʺjaná kládka)

work or performance of a mason

• Bulgarian: зидария f (zidarija)
• Finnish: muuraus (fi), kivityö (fi), muuraustyö
• German: Mauern (de) n
• Gujarati: કડિયાકામ (kaḍiyākām)
• Hungarian: kőművesmunka (hu), falazás (hu), vakolás (hu)
• Japanese: 石匠 (ja)
• Norman: machon'nie f
• Slovak: murovanie n, murárčina f
• Spanish: mampostería (es) f

that which is built by a mason

• Catalan: maçoneria (ca) f
• Finnish: kivityö (fi)
• French: maçonnerie (fr)
• German: Mauerwerk (de) n, Gemäuer (de) n
• Greek: λιθοδομή (el) f (lithodomí)
• Hungarian: kőművesmunka (hu), falazat (hu), falazás (hu), fal (hu), építmény (hu), vakolat (hu)
• Japanese: 石造建築物
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: murverk n

  Nynorsk: murverk n

• Portuguese: alvenaria (pt) f
• Slovak: murárske dielo n, murárčina f

Freemasonry — see also Freemasonry

• Bulgarian: масонство n (masonstvo)
• Finnish: vapaamuurarius
• French: maçonnerie (fr) f
• Greek: ελευθεροτεκτονισμός (el) m (eleftherotektonismós)
• Hungarian: szabadkőművesség (hu)
• Japanese: フリーメイソン
• Portuguese: maçonaria (pt) f
• Slovak: slobodomurárstvo n

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Translations to be checked

• Chinese: ^{(please verify)} 石工技藝／石工技艺

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