macaroon

English

Almond and coconut macaroons

Coconut macaroon closeup

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French macaron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmæk.əɹˈuːn/
• IPA^(key): /ˌmæk.əˈɹun/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

macaroon (plural macaroons)

1. A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
2. Alternative spelling of macaron

Translations

soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛋白杏仁餅／蛋白杏仁饼, 蛋白杏仁饼 (dànbái xìngrénbǐng)

• Danish: makron c
• Dutch: bitterkoekje (nl), kokoskoekje (nl), makron (nl) m
• Finnish: macaron (fi), macaron-leivos (fi)
• French: congolais (fr), rocher coco m
• German: Makrone (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: αμυγδαλωτό (el) n (amygdalotó)
• Italian: amaretto (it)
• Norwegian: makron m
• Russian: минда́льное пече́нье n (mindálʹnoje pečénʹje)
• Spanish: macarrón (es), macarone
• Swedish: makron (sv) c
• Turkish: makaron (tr)

Further reading

• macaroon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian macarone.

Noun

macaroon (plural macaroons)'

1. A coarse, rude, low fellow
   • 1590s, John Donne, Satire IV, "Well; I may now receive, and die":

     Like a big wife, at sight of lothed meat,

     Ready to travail; so I sigh and sweat,

     To hear this macaroon talk on in vain.