macio

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaθjo/ [ˈma.θjʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈmaθjo/ [ˈma.θjʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /ˈmasjo/ [ˈma.sjʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -aθjo

• Rhymes: -aθjo
• Rhymes: -asjo

• Hyphenation: ma‧cio

Adjective

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

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

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “macio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “macio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “macio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Latin

Alternative forms

• machiō
• mazōnus, mazunus (Medieval France and Britain)

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. mason

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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

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)

1. soft

Further reading

• “macio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “macio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Wutunhua

Alternative forms

• maco

Etymology

From Mandarin 麻雀 (máquè, “sparrow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mat͡sʰ(ʲ)o]

Noun

macio

1. bird

References

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