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macedoine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmæsəˈdwɑːn/

Etymology

From French Macédoine (“Macedonia”). Doublet of Macedonia.

Meanings

1. A mixture of diced vegetables or fruit served as a salad.
2. (figuratively) A medley or mixture.
   • 1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, pp 112-113. It was as if a shell had burst in my immediate neighbourhood... A gaping chasm opened in the hillside. The air became full of a sort of macedoine of grass, dirt, flowers and beetles.

Forms

Relateds

macedonia

Synonyms

fruit salad

Translations (2)

fi hedelmäsalaatti (mixture of diced vegetables or fruit) · es macedonia (mixture of diced vegetables or fruit)