macaroni

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Hyponyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Related terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.2 See also 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /mækəˈrəʊni/, SAMPA: /m{k@"r@Uni
• (US) enPR: măk'ə-rōʹnē, IPA: /ˌmækəˈroʊni/, SAMPA: /%m{k@"roUni/
• Rhymes: -əʊni

[edit] Etymology 1

Corruption of Italian maccheroni, macaroni

[edit] Noun

macaroni (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes.
2. (used by Italian-Americans, especially in Philadelphia and New Jersey) A generic term for pasta.

[edit] Hyponyms

• elbow macaroni

[edit] Derived terms

• macaroni and cheese
• macaroni cheese
• macaroni penguin

[edit] Related terms

• macaronic

[edit] Translations

generic term for pasta See pasta

[edit] Etymology 2

Adopted by those who had visited Italy on the Grand Tour to mean anything fashionable

[edit] Noun

macaroni (plural macaronies)

1. (pejorative) In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a man who dressed and often spoke in an ostentatiously affected and effeminate manner.
2. A sort of droll or fool; a fop; – applied especially to English fops of about 1775.

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on macaroni (pasta)
• Wikipedia article on macaronies

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aacimnor
• armonica
• marocain
• Romanica