mason

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick
2. One who prepares stone for building purposes.
3. A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.

Verb

To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons

Concetti

muratore

scalpellino

operaio edile

carpentiere

tagliapietre

murare

costruttore

lapidario

sinonimi

bricklayer

stonemason

builder

freemason

brick-layer

plasterer

tiler

masonry

brick

skilled workman

bricky

brickie

white-washer

home-builder

stone-mason

stonecutter

build

constructor

engineer

freestone

homebuilder

housebuilder

Traduzioni

maçon

albañil

Maurer

metselaar

pedreiro

franc-maçon

paleta

duvarcı

maçom

κτίστης

μασόνος

Freimaurer

maçonner

maçon

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈmeɪsən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: masoun

In summary

From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”), from Frankish *makjō (“maker, builder”), a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Proto-West Germanic *mattjō (“cutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *metn-, *met- (“to cut”).