maroon

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /məˈruːn/, /məˈrəʊn/, /məˈrəʉn/, X-SAMPA: /m@"ru:n/, /m@"r@Un/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧roon
• Rhymes: -uːn, -əʊn

Etymology 1

Derived from the American-Spanish cimarrón, meaning “fugitive,” “wild”, “untamed”.

Noun

Wikipedia maroon (plural maroons)

1. An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
2. A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

Translations

runaway slave

• French: nègre marron m, nègresse marron f, nègre libre m, nègresse libre f

• Spanish: esclavo cimarrón m

castaway

• Italian: naufrago (it)

• Swedish: strandsatt (sv) person

Adjective

maroon (not comparable)

1. Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

Verb

maroon (third-person singular simple present maroons, present participle marooning, simple past and past participle marooned)

1. To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.

Derived terms

• marooner

External links

• A good short account of the "Bush Negroes" in Suriname

Etymology 2

French marron (“chestnut; brown”).

Noun

Wikipedia maroon (plural maroons)

1. A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

   maroon colour:

Translations

dark red, somewhat brownish colour

• Chinese: 栗色
• Danish: maron (da)
• Finnish: punaruskea (fi)
• French: marron pourpré, bordeaux
• Georgian: წაბლისფერი (ka) (cablisp’eri)
• German: Kastanienbraun n
• Greek: καστανέρυθρο (el) (kastanerythro)

  Katharevousa: καστανέρυθρον (kastanerythron or kastanerithron)

• Hungarian: gesztenyebarna (hu)

• Icelandic: rauðbrúnn (is) m, dumbrauður (is) m
• Indonesian: maron (id)
• Italian: marrone (it), bordeaux (it)
• Japanese: くり色 (くりいろ, kuriiro)
• Korean: 밤색 (bamsaeg, -k)
• Malay: jahang (ms), merah tua (ms)
• Portuguese: bordô (pt)
• Spanish: castaño (es), (Argentina) bordó (es)
• Swedish: bordeaux (sv)
• Vietnamese: hạt dẻ (vi)

Adjective

maroon (comparative more maroon, superlative most maroon)

1. Of a maroon color

Translations

color

• Finnish: punaruskea (fi)
• French: marron pourpré, bordeaux
• Georgian: წაბლისფერი (ka) (cablisp'eri)
• German: kastanienbraun (de)
• Icelandic: rauðbrúnn (is) m, dumbrauður (is) m

• Italian: marrone (it), rossastro (it), fulvo (it)
• Japanese: くり色の (くりいろの, kuriiro no)
• Malagasy: volontsokola (mg)
• Portuguese: castanho (pt) m, castanha (pt) f
• Spanish: castaño (es)

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

Etymology 3

Unknown

Noun

Wikipedia maroon (plural maroons)

1. (nautical) A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat.

Etymology 4

From an intentional mispronunciation of the word moron used by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny.

Noun

maroon (plural maroons)

1. (slang, derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
   • 2011, S. Watts Taylor, Tarnish, iUniverse (2011), ISBN 9781462002023, page 21:

     At least, I would not be sleeping that night. Why did I have that espresso? What a maroon!

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:fool.
• See also Wikisaurus:idiot.

Anagrams

• romano