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macio

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin macies (leanness), which is from macer (thin).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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macio (feminine macia, masculine plural macios, feminine plural macias)

  1. soft
  2. haggard, faded, faint, pale
  3. flabby, flaccid

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier *matiō, *mattiō, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *mattjō (someone who cuts, stonecutter).

Noun

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maciō m (genitive maciōnis); third declension (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. mason

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative maciō maciōnēs
genitive maciōnis maciōnum
dative maciōnī maciōnibus
accusative maciōnem maciōnēs
ablative maciōne maciōnibus
vocative maciō maciōnēs
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Descendants

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  • Old French: maçon, macon (manuscript form)
    • Middle French: maçon
      • French: maçon
    • English: mason
    • Old Spanish: maçonero
  • Sicilian: mazzuni

References

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  • macio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from massa (dough) +‎ -io. Or, from Arabic ماسي (masi). Also compare Italian and Latin malacia, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, soft). Cognates with Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ (soft).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ma‧ci‧o

Adjective

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macio (feminine macia, masculine plural macios, feminine plural macias, comparable, comparative mais macio, superlative o mais macio or maciíssimo)

  1. soft

Wutunhua

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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macio

  1. bird

References

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  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN