mâconnais
French, adjective
mâconnais is a French adjective meaning “of or from Mâcon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Mâconnais is a different word: “native or inhabitant of Mâcon”. With a cedilla, maçonnais is a different word: “first/second-person singular imperfect indicative of maçonner”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à Mâcon, commune française située en Saône-et-Loire”.
What does mâconnais mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of or from Mâcon
noun
- 1
masculinenative or inhabitant of Mâcon
- 2
masculinethe Mâcon region, the Mâcon area (a specific wine-producing region in Southern Burgundy)
verb
- 1
first/second-person singular imperfect indicative of maçonner
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant de Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon, commune française située dans les Deux-Sèvres.
adjective: 1. Relatif à Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon, commune française située dans les Deux-Sèvres.
noun: 1. Habitant de Mâcon, commune française située en Saône-et-Loire.
adjective: 1. Relatif à Mâcon, commune française située en Saône-et-Loire.
noun: 1. Fromage de Bourgogne au lait de chèvre à pâte molle à croûte naturelle. 2. Synonyme de maclon.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mâconnais
- mâconnaise feminine
- mâconnaises feminine plural
- Maconnaise feminine
- maconnaise singular feminine
- maconnaises plural feminine
- Mâconnaise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is mâconnais in French?
mâconnais appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).