macchiato

English

Etymology

From Italian caffè macchiato (“stained coffee”), from macchiato (“stained, marked”), as the coffee is “marked” with a spot of milk. From Latin maculātus (“stained”), form of macula (“stain”). Cognate to English macula (“[dark] spot”), French maculé.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑkiˈɑtoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmækiˈɑːtəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ
• Hyphenation: ma‧cchi‧a‧to

Noun

macchiato (plural macchiatos)

1. Espresso topped with steamed milk.

Synonyms

• caffè macchiato
• espresso macchiato

Related terms

• latte macchiato

Translations

type of coffee

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑪奇朵／玛奇朵 (zh) (mǎqíduǒ)

• Dutch: macchiato (nl)
• Finnish: macchiato (fi)
• French: macchiato (fr) m
• Italian: macchiato (it) m
• Japanese: マキアート (makiāto)
• Korean: 마키아토 (makiato)
• Polish: macchiato (pl) n
• Russian: макиа́то m or n (makiáto)
• Tagalog: makiyato

See also

• coffee
• cortado

Further reading

• Caffè macchiato on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Latte macchiato on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.kja.to/

Noun

macchiato m (plural macchiatos)

1. macchiato

Italian

Adjective

macchiato (feminine macchiata, masculine plural macchiati, feminine plural macchiate)

1. stained
2. spotted (of the skin of an animal)

Derived terms

• caffè macchiato

Participle

macchiato (feminine macchiata, masculine plural macchiati, feminine plural macchiate)

1. past participle of macchiare

Anagrams

• tacchiamo