mascaron

mascaron

See also: mascarón

English

Etymology

French, from Italian mascherone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæskəˌɹɒn/

Noun

mascaron (plural mascarons)

1. (architecture) A carved, ornamental face, usually human, sometimes frightening or chimeric whose alleged function was originally to frighten away evil spirits so that they would not enter the building.

Translations

carved, ornamental face

Catalan: mascaró (ca) m Czech: maskaron m Danish: maskaron c Dutch: mascaron (nl) m Esperanto: maskarono Finnish: maskaroni French: mascaron (fr) m German: Maskaron m, Fratzenkopf m Italian: mascherone (it) m Polish: maszkaron (pl) m, maskaron (pl) m Portuguese: mascarão m Russian: маскарон (ru) m (maskaron) Spanish: mascarón (es) m Swedish: maskaron (sv)

Anagrams

• Carmonas, Marcanos, San Marco, camarons, macarons

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Dutch

Etymology

From French mascaron.

Noun

mascaron m (plural mascarons, diminutive mascaronetje n)

1. (architecture) mascaron

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French

Etymology

From Italian mascherone.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mascaron m (plural mascarons)

1. (architecture) mascaron

Descendants

• → Polish: maskaron

Further reading

• “mascaron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French mascaron.

Noun

mascaron n (plural mascaroane)

1. (architecture) mascaron

Declension

Declension of mascaron

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mascaron	mascaronul	(niște) mascaroane	mascaroanele
genitive/dative	(unui) mascaron	mascaronului	(unor) mascaroane	mascaroanelor
vocative	mascaronule		mascaroanelor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masˈkaɾon/ [masˈka.ɾõn]
• Rhymes: -aɾon
• Syllabification: mas‧ca‧ron

Verb

mascaron

1. third-person plural preterite indicative of mascar