maçon

Meaning

1. (masculine) bricklayer, mason, builder
2. (masculine) Mason, Freemason

Concepts

mason

bricklayer

stonemason

builder

Macon

brick

home-builder

homebuilder

housebuilder

freemason

Mason

Synonyms

briqueteur

franc-maçon

constructeur

mason

Translations

albañil

Maurer

muratore

pedreiro

metselaar

paleta

duvarcı

maçon

عَمَّار

mação

paredièr

metser

maçom

operaio edile

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ma.sɔ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: maçon

Inherited from Old French: maçon

Cognate with Old High German: steinmezzo

In summary

Inherited from Middle French maçon (“mason”) from Old French maçon, masson, machun (“brick-layer”), from Late Latin maciōnem, machiō (“carpenter, brick-layer”) (attested 7th century by Isidore de Séville), of Germanic origin, from a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to build, make, work”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with Frankish *mati (“cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *matją, *mattjuk (“ploughshare, mattock”), from Proto-Indo-European *mat- (“hoe, mattock”). Akin to Old High German steinmezzo (“stone mason”), mahhōn (“to make, work”). More at make, mattock.