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macaroon en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌmæk.əˈɹuːn/

Etymology

From French macaron. Doublet of macaron.

Meanings

  1. A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
    • I will take charge of the cake department, including, if I remember rightly, plum and plain, rout cakes, and macaroons, finger biscuits, and cracknels. 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 208:
  2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of macaron.
    alt of macaron

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Deriveds

macaroonlike · French macaroon

Translations (28)

hu mandulás csók (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · hu kókuszcsók (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · sv makron (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · pl makaronik (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · es cocada (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · bg ореховка (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · cmn 蛋白杏仁餅 /蛋白杏仁饼 (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · tr makaron (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · yi מאַקעראָנדל (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · fi macaron (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · fr rocher coco (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · hu mandulacsók (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · fr congolais (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · ro Pricomigdală (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · es mostachón (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · fi macaron-leivos (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · el αμυγδαλωτό (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · es macaron (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · it amaretto (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · nl makron (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · de Makrone (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · hu csók (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · es macarrón (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · nl bitterkoekje (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · da makron (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · ru минда́льное пече́нье (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · no makron (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough) · nl kokoskoekje (soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough)

macaroon en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian macarone.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) A coarse, rude, low fellow.
    • Like a big wife, at sight of lothed meat, Ready to travail; so I sigh and sweat, To hear this macaroon talk on in vain. 1590s, John Donne, Satire IV, "Well; I may now receive, and die"

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