macio

Galician

Etymology

Uncertain

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaθjo̝/

Adjective

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

soft
haggard, faded, faint, pale
flabby, flaccid

References

“macio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“macio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“macio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Latin

Alternative forms

machiō
mazōnus, mazunus (Medieval France and Britain)

Etymology

From a derivative of Frankish *makōn (“to work, build, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, mix, make”), conflated with matia (“club, mace”), from Proto-West Germanic *mattijō (“cutting tool, hoe, chisel”), from Proto-Indo-European *matn- (“hoe, mattock”).

Pronunciation

(Proto-Western-Romance) IPA^(key): /maˈt͡sone/ (oblique)

Noun

maciō m (genitive maciōnis); third declension

(Late Latin) One who works on a scaffold, a mason

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maciō	maciōnēs
Genitive	maciōnis	maciōnum
Dative	maciōnī	maciōnibus
Accusative	maciōnem	maciōnēs
Ablative	maciōne	maciōnibus
Vocative	maciō	maciōnēs

Related terms

maciōnō
maconeria

Descendants

Old French: maçon
- Middle French: maçon
  - French: maçon

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈsi.u/, /maˈsiw/ [maˈsiʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈsi.u/

Hyphenation: ma‧ci‧o

Adjective

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

soft

Wutunhua

Alternative forms

maco

Etymology

From Mandarin 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mat͡sʰ(ʲ)o]

Noun

macio

bird

References

Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN