marron
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
From French
[edit] Noun
marron (plural marrons)
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[edit] Etymology 2
Nyunga marran
[edit] Noun
marron (plural marrons)
- A type of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia.
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[edit] French
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology 1
From Italian marrone.
[edit] Noun
marron m. (plural marrons)
- chestnut; horse-chestnut
- chestnut brown
- A token used as a control of the presence of someone at his post
- (pyrotechnics) firecracker (on a rocket)
- (informal) punch (with the fist)
- (informal) head
[edit] Adjective
marron inv.
[edit] Usage notes
- This adjective is used mainly in France. Elsewhere, the usual adjective is brun.
- Like all colors that take their name from animals and plants, this sense of the adjective is invariable. However, by analogy with the corresponding noun which has a plural, some people may erroneously consider it variable in number and use marrons as the plural.
[edit] Etymology 2
From a West Indies creole, from Spanish cimarron.
[edit] Adjective
marron m. (f. marronne, m. plural marrons, f. plural marronnes)
- that has become wild again (used of a slave or animal who has returned to a free or wild state)
- illicit, crooked (of professions)
- Magie marronne. Hedge magic.
[edit] Noun
marron m. (plural marrons)
- maroon (a slave or animal who has run away to live free)
