different between mac vs maco

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?k, IPA^(key): /mæk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Etymology 1

Clipping of mackintosh.

Noun

mac (plural macs)

1. Clipping of mackintosh (“a raincoat”).

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of macaroni.

Noun

mac (uncountable)

1. (Canada, US, slang) Clipping of macaroni.

   Is there any mac and cheese left?

Derived terms

• mac 'n' cheese

Anagrams

• ACM, AMC, C.M.A., CAM, CMA, Cam, MCA, cam

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Etymology 1

Noun

mac m (plural macs)

1. (colloquial, slang) Clipping of maquereau (“pimp”).

Etymology 2

Noun

mac m (plural macs)

1. (colloquial, computing) Clipping of Macintosh.

Further reading

• “mac” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ????? (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makk?os, a variant of *mak?os (“son”) (compare Welsh mab, Gaulish mapos, Maponos).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /m??k/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /m?a?k/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /m?ak/

Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, nominative plural mic)

1. son
2. A common prefix of many Irish and Scottish names, signifying "son of".

Declension

Coordinate terms

• iníon (“daughter”)

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• "mac" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

K'iche'

Noun

mac

1. (Classical K'iche') sin

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ????? (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makk?os, a variant of *mak?os (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh??- (“to raise, increase”).

Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mec)

1. son

Derived terms

• mac-

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ????? (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makk?os, a variant of *mak?os (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh??- (“to raise, increase”).

Noun

mac m (genitive mic, nominative plural mic)

1. son

Descendants

• Irish: mac
• Manx: mac
• Scottish Gaelic: mac

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *makkos. Cognate with Welsh mach.

Noun

mac m

1. bond, surety

Inflection

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 mac(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Etymology 1

From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *mak? (“poppy”), compare Serbo-Croatian and Polish mak.

Noun

mac m (plural maci)

1. poppy

Declension

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

mac

1. quack (sound made by ducks)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish macc, from Primitive Irish ????? (maqqi, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *makk?os, a variant of *mak?os (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh??- (“to raise, increase”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma?k], [maxk]

Noun

mac m (genitive singular mic, plural mic)

1. son
2. Commonly used as a prefix of Irish and Scottish surnames, meaning son.

   MacDhòmhnaill (“MacDonald”, literally “son of Donald, Donaldson”)

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• “mac” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mac, macc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

English

Noun

maco (uncountable)

1. An Egyptian cotton once used to make underwear and stockings.

Anagrams

• OAMC, camo, coma

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish majo.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma.ko/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?ma.ku/

Adjective

maco (feminine maca, masculine plural macos, feminine plural maques)

1. beautiful, pretty

   Synonym: bonic

2. nice, lovely

   Synonym: agradable

Derived terms

• quemaco

Further reading

• “maco” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “maco” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mat?so/
• Hyphenation: ma?co
• Rhymes: -at?so

Noun

maco (accusative singular macon, plural macoj, accusative plural macojn)

1. matzo, matzah

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mako/, [?ma.ko]

Noun

maco m (plural macos)

1. prison