mason
/ˈmeɪsən/noun, verb
mason is a noun meaning “A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-S-O-N and has 2 syllables, and it appears 14 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of mason is masons.
What does mason mean?
noun
- 1
A bricklayer, one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick.
- 2
One who prepares stone for building purposes.
- 3
A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.
verb
- 1
To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons
to mason up a well or terrace
noun
- 1
A Freemason.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce mason?
- /ˈmeɪsən/
Mason has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-mason.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mason
- masons plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- masoning participle, present
- masoned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is mason?
Mason appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,679th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Mason in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who builds with stone or brick:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mason come from?
From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).