massicot

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French massicot; English masticot is a corruption. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmæsɪkəʊ/ === Noun === massicot (countable and uncountable, plural massicots) (chemistry) lead monoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment; also, lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb3O4. ==== Usage notes ==== Massicot is sometimes used by painters, and also as a drier in the composition of ointments and plasters. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === acosmist, somatics == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ma.si.ko/ === Etymology 1 === Influenced by Italian marzacotto, but ultimately from Arabic مرداسنج (“lead oxide”). ==== Noun ==== massicot m (plural massicots) massicot === Etymology 2 === From the name of Guillaume Massiquot (1797-1870), the inventor of the machine. Previously the common noun was also spelt massiquot. ==== Noun ==== massicot m (plural massicots) guillotine, a machine for cutting paper and sheet metal ===== Derived terms ===== massicotier === Further reading === “massicot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012