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macaroon

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˌmæk.əˈɹuːn/
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  • rhymes with -uːn

1

noun

Meaning 1

A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative spelling of macaron.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A coarse, rude, low fellow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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4

noun

Meaning 4

chewy cookie usually containing almond paste

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: cookie, cooky, biscuit

Narrower terms: ratafia, ratafia biscuit, coconut macaroon

History

Etymology

From French macaron. Doublet of macaron.

Borrowed from Italian macarone.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ореховка (orehovka) — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蛋白杏仁餅 /蛋白杏仁饼 (dànbái xìngrénbǐng) — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Danish: makron — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Dutch: bitterkoekje — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Dutch: kokoskoekje — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Dutch: makron — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Finnish: macaron — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Finnish: macaron-leivos — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • French: congolais — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • French: rocher coco — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • German: Makrone — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Greek: αμυγδαλωτό (amygdalotó) — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Hungarian: csók — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Hungarian: mandulacsók — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Hungarian: mandulás csók — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Hungarian: kókuszcsók — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Italian: amaretto — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Norwegian: makron — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Polish: makaronik — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Romanian: Pricomigdală — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Russian: минда́льное пече́нье (mindálʹnoje pečénʹje) — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Spanish: macarrón — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Spanish: mostachón — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Spanish: cocada — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Spanish: macaron — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Swedish: makron — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Turkish: makaron — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
  • Yiddish: מאַקעראָנדל (makerondl) — soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough