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

Conjugation of macon (weak class 2)

infinitive	macon
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	maco, macon	macoda
2nd person singular	macos, macost	macodos
3rd person singular	macot	macoda
1st person plural	macon	macodun
2nd person plural	macot	macodut
3rd person plural	macont	macodun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	maco	macodi
2nd person singular	macos, macost	macodis
3rd person singular	maco	macodi
1st person plural	macon	macodin
2nd person plural	macot	macodit
3rd person plural	macon	macodin
imperative	present
singular	maco
plural	macot
participle	present	past
	macondi	macot, gimacot

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: māken
  • Dutch: maken
    • Afrikaans: maak
    • Javindo: maken
    • Jersey Dutch: māke
    • Negerhollands: mak, maak
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: mak
  • Limburgish: make
  • → Picard Old French: makier, maquier
    • → Middle French: maquier, macquiller
      • French: maquiller
        • → Catalan: maquillar
        • → Dutch: maquilleren
        • → Spanish: maquillar
        • → Portuguese: maquilhar, maquiar (Brazil)
        • → Romanian: machia

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

Mutated forms of macon

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
macon	facon	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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