mason

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

metselaar

vrijmetselaar

metselen

metser

steenhouwer

Synoniemen

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈmeɪsən/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).