macaron

• macaroon

Borrowed from French macaron. Doublet of macaroon.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mækəˈɹɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmækəɹɑn/, /mɑkəˈɹoʊn/

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macaron (plural macarons)

1. Any of various confections made with almond and egg white, traditionally made in France.

• macaronage

• → Indonesian: makarun

• macaroon

• Carmona, Marcano, camaron, narcoma

Borrowed from French macaron.

• IPA^(key): /mɑ.kɑˈrɔ̃ː/, /mɑ.kɑˈrɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ca‧ron

macaron m (plural macarons, diminutive macaronnetje n)

1. macaron

• makaron

• macaroon

From French macaron.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑkɑron/, [ˈmɑ̝kɑ̝ro̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑron
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧ca‧ron
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧ca‧ron

macaron

1. macaron (small pastry or cookie made with almond)

• macaron-leivos, makroni

• “macaron”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Sixteenth century, from Italian maccarone, see macaroni.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ka.ʁɔ̃/

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macaron m (plural macarons)

1. macaron (pastry)
   • 1873, Émile Zola, Le Ventre de Paris:

     […] et elle était encore attendrie par les bocaux pleins de gâteaux secs, de macarons et de madeleines.

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2. buns rolled over the ears and worn symmetrically
   • 1948, Maurice Druon, Les Grandes Familles:

     Marie-Hélène avait changé de coiffure; elle portait maintenant deux nattes qu'elle roulait en macarons sur ses oreilles.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. round insignia, roundel; round badge or sticker

   macaron tricolore ― tricolour roundel, tricolour cockade

(pastry, all are different)

• macaron d'Amiens
• macaron de Cormery
• macaron de Joyeuse
• macaron de Montmorillon
• macaron de Saint-Émilion
• macaron de Sault

• → Catalan: macarró
• Dutch: makaron
  • → Indonesian: makaron
• ⇒ Dutch: makron
• → English: macaron, macaroon
  • → Indonesian: makarun
• → Finnish: macaron
• German: Makrone
  • ⇒ Danish: makron
• → Turkish: makaron
• → Yiddish: מאַקאַראָן (makaron)

• macaron on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

• “macaron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French macaron.

macaron n (plural macaroane)

1. macaron (pastry)

macaron

1. third-person plural preterite indicative of macar