different between macaron vs meringue

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

Borrowed from French meringue. Historically, it was believed that meringue was invented in and named for the Swiss village of Meiringen, but the term is now thought to derive instead from Middle Dutch meringue (“light evening meal”), of unclear origin:

• perhaps from Latin merenda (“light evening meal”), or
• perhaps from Middle Dutch *meren (“to dip or soak bread”), from Old Dutch *meren, itself of unclear origin:
  • perhaps from Proto-Germanic *marjan? (“to grind, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pack”).
  • perhaps from Proto-Germanic *marhin (“soup of bread and wine or water”), from Proto-Indo-European *mark-, *merk- (“wet”).

Compare Middle Low German meringe (from mern (“to dip bread in wine”)), Middle High German merunge (from mëren (“to soak bread in wine or water for dinner”)), Old English merian (“to purify, cleanse, test”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?-r?ng', IPA^(key): /m???æ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

meringue (countable and uncountable, plural meringues)

1. A mixture consisting of beaten egg whites and sugar which is added to the tops of pies then browned.

   The key to a good baked Alaska is the meringue topping.

2. A shell made of this mixture which serves as the receptacle for fruit, ice cream or sherbet.

   Shirley likes to have strawberry with her meringue.

Derived terms

• French meringue
• Italian meringue
• lemon meringue pie
• Swiss meringue

Translations

See also

• stiff peaks

References

French

Etymology

From Dutch meringue, itself from Latin or Proto-Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.????/
• Homophones: meringuent, meringues

Noun

meringue f (plural meringues)

1. meringue

Verb

meringue

1. first-person singular present indicative of meringuer
2. third-person singular present indicative of meringuer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of meringuer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of meringuer
5. second-person singular imperative of meringuer