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Definition: Macaroon |
MacaroonNoun1. Chewy drop cookie usually containing almond paste. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "macaroon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1879. (references) |
Etymology: Macaroon \Mac`a*roon"\, noun. [French expression macaron, Italian maccherone. See Macaroni.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Macaroon |
| English words defined with "macaroon": coconut macaroon ♦ Makaron ♦ ratafia, ratafia biscuit. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "macaroon": macaroni. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Macaroon" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Macaroon" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "macaroon": coconut macaroon. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
macaroon recipe | 48 |
macaroon | 40 |
coconut macaroon | 23 |
cookie macaroon | 9 |
coconut cookie macaroon | 6 |
macaroon cookie recipe | 4 |
bundt cake chocolate macaroon | 2 |
chocolate cookie macaroon | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "macaroon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Amatoretë. (various references) | |
Arabic | معكرون نوع حلوي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Бадемова Курабийка. (various references) | |
Chinese | 蛋白杏仁饼干. (various references) | |
Danish | makron. (various references) | |
Dutch | bitterkoekje. (various references) | |
Finnish | mantelileivos. (various references) | |
French | Macaron. (various references) | |
German | Makrone. (various references) | |
Greek | ώα (ova, Roe), Ζάχαριν, αμυγδαλωτό (amandine tart, marchpane, marzipan, nougat), Αμυγδαλωτό, αξιμάδι Από ίόνιν Αμύγδαλων. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Mandulás Csók, makaron-puszedli, diós csók. (various references) | |
Italian | amaretto (bitterish). (various references) | |
Norwegian | makron. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acaroonmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Macarrônico, maçapão (mare, marzipan, mascara), bolo de amêndoa. (various references) | |
Russian | Миндальное Печенье. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | makaron, lakrdijaš (buffoon, jester, pantaloon, pierrot, punchinello, zany). (various references) | |
Spanish | Macarrón (pipe, rope). (various references) | |
Swedish | Mandelkaka. (various references) | |
Thai | ขนมคุกกี้ชนิ"หนึ่ง. (various references) | |
Turkish | Acıbadem Kurabiyesi (marchpane, marzipan). (various references) | |
Ukranian | Мигдалеве Печиво. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bánh hạnh nhân. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "macaroon": macaroons. (additional references) | |
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"Macaroon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Accaron, jackaroo, Macarie, Macaron, maccaroon, Macenroe, macrodon, Macroom, Makarezos, Mazagon, Mclarnon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-m-n-o-o-r" | |
-2 letters: carman, corona, macron, maroon, racoon, romano. | |
-3 letters: acorn, aroma, carom, croon, macon, macro, manor, moron, narco, racon, roman. | |
-4 letters: anoa, arco, carn, coma, coon, corm, corn, cram, maar, mana, mano, marc, moan, mono, moon, moor, mora, morn, narc, noma, norm, orca, roam, roan, room. | |
-5 letters: ama, ana, arc, arm, cam, can, car, con, coo, cor, mac, man, mar, moa, moc, mon, moo, mor, nam, nom, noo, nor, oar, oca, ora, orc, ram, ran, roc, rom. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-m-n-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: macaroons. | |
+3 letters: aeronomical, anchorwoman, nonaromatic. | |
+4 letters: astronomical, chromonemata, cochairwoman, contaminator, microanatomy, monodramatic, paronomastic, proclamation. | |
+5 letters: agronomically, carcinomatous, cholangiogram, combinatorial, contaminators, gastronomical, monogrammatic, neuroanatomic, noncomparable, pharmacognosy, proclamations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 63 61 72 6F 6F 6E |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -.-. .- .-. --- --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01100011 01100001 01110010 01101111 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a c a r o o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0063 0061 0072 006F 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767696784818180 |
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