macaron

English

Etymology

From French, itself from Italian

Noun

macaron (plural macarons)

macaron

1. A sweet pastry traditionally made in France.

Translations

pastry

• French: macaron (fr) m

See also

• Macaron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Noun

macaron

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

Declension

Declension of macaron (type risti) singular plural nominative macaron macaronit genitive macaronin macaronien partitive macaronia macaroneja accusative macaron macaronin macaronit inessive macaronissa macaroneissa elative macaronista macaroneista illative macaroniin macaroneihin adessive macaronilla macaroneilla ablative macaronilta macaroneilta allative macaronille macaroneille essive macaronina macaroneina translative macaroniksi macaroneiksi instructive – macaronein abessive macaronitta macaroneitta comitative – macaroneineen

Synonyms

• macaron-leivos

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French

Etymology

XVIth century, from Italian maccarone, see macaroni.

Noun

macaron m (plural macarons)

1. a sweet pastry made with almonds and egg white
   • (Can we date this quote?) Émile Zola:

     Des bocaux pleins de gâteaux secs, de macarons et de madeleines.

2. buns rolled over the ears and worn symmetrically
   • (Can we date this quote?) Druon:

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

3. round insignia

   Macaron tricolore.

See also

• Macaron on the French Wikipedia.fr.Wikipedia