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English

Alternative forms

• macaroon

Etymology

Borrowed from French macaron. Doublet of macaroon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mæk????n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m?k???o?n/

Noun

macaron (plural macarons)

1. Any of various pastries based on almond and egg white, traditionally made in France.

Derived terms

• macaronage

Translations

See also

• macaroon

Anagrams

• Carmona, Marcano, camaron, narcoma

Finnish

Alternative forms

• macaroon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?k?ron/, [?m?k?ro?n]
• Syllabification: ma?ca?ron

Noun

macaron

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

Declension

Synonyms

• macaron-leivos

French

Etymology

Sixteenth century, from Italian maccarone, see macaroni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ka.???/

Noun

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.

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.

3. round insignia

See also

• macaron on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Descendants

• English: macaron
  • English: macaroon

Further reading

• “macaron” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (makrón), neuter form of ?????? (makrós, “long”) (English macro-).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: m?k?r?n, m?k?r?n, IPA^(key): /?mæk??n/, /?me?k??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?me?k??n/, /?mæk??n/
• Hyphenation: ma?cron

Noun

macron (plural macrons or macra)

1. (orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (¯) placed over any of various letters, usually to indicate that the pronunciation of a vowel is long. [from 19th c.]

   Antonyms: breve, micron

   Coordinate terms: solidus, vinculum

Usage notes

The plural macra is rare.

Related terms

• macro-

Translations

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “macron”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
• macron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Camron, Carmon, Corman

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?.kr?n/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (makrón), neuter form of ?????? (makrós, “long”).

Noun

macron m (plural macrons, diminutive macrontje n)

1. (orthography) macron

Hypernyms

• diakriet

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.k???/

Noun

macron m (plural macrons)

1. macron

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek

Noun

macron m (invariable)

1. macron