maroon

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• mə-ro͞onʹ
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• Australian: /məˈɹəʉn/
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• Australian: /məˈɹʉːn/
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From French marron (“feral; fugitive”, adjective), from Spanish cimarrón (“fugitive, wild, feral”); see that entry for more.

Etymology tree Byzantine Greek μάραον (máraon)bor. Italian marronebor. French marronbor. English maroon From earlier marone, marron, borrowed from French marron (“chestnut; brown”). Compare Spanish marrón. Doublet of marron (“sweet chestnut”).

Unknown. Possibly related to the sense “castaway” (etymology 1), or owing to the fact that the color of a fired flare was commonly red (etymology 2).

From an intentional mispronunciation of the word moron used by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny.

181 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: marron- — associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples
• Dutch: boslandcreools — associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples
• French: marron — associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples
• German: Maroon- — associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples
• German: der Maroons — associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples
• Kari'na: typanakaraije — associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples
• Afrikaans: bruinrooi — color
• Bulgarian: кестеняв (kestenjav) — color
• Dutch: bordeauxrood — color
• Finnish: punaruskea — color
• French: marron pourpré — color
• French: bordeaux — color
• Galician: loureiro — color
• Galician: moretado — color
• Galician: fouveiro — color
• Galician: brun — color
• Georgian: წაბლისფერი (c̣ablisperi) — color
• German: rotbraun — color
• German: kastanienbraun — color
• German: weinrot — color
• German: bordeauxrot — color
• Greek: καστανέρυθρος (kastanérythros) — color
• Hindi: महरून (mahrūn) — color
• Hindi: मैरून (mairūn) — color
• Hungarian: bordóvörös — color
• Icelandic: rauðbrúnn — color
• Icelandic: dumbrauður — color
• Indonesian: merah marun — color
• Italian: granate — color
• Italian: rossastro — color
• Italian: fulvo — color
• Japanese: 栗色の (kuriiro no) — color
• Javanese: abang marun — color
• Lithuanian: kaštoninė — color
• Malagasy: volontsokola — color
• Maltese: marun — color
• Mongolian: элгэн хүрэн (elgen xüren) — color
• Navajo: diłhiłgo łichííʼ — color
• Persian: بلوطی (baluti) — color
• Polish: kasztanowa — color
• Polish: barwa kasztanowa — color
• Portuguese: castanho — color
• Portuguese: castanha — color
• Romanian: maro — color
• Russian: тёмно-бордо́вый (tjómno-bordóvyj) — color
• Spanish: castaño — color
• Spanish: granate — color
• Spanish: bordó — color
• Spanish: burdeos — color
• Spanish: guinda — color
• Swedish: vinröd — color
• Thai: เลือดหมู (lʉ̂ʉat-mǔu) — color
• Thai: เลือดนก (lʉ̂ʉat-nók) — color
• Turkish: bordo — color
• Vietnamese: nâu hạt dẻ — color
• Vietnamese: nâu sẫm — color
• Aukan: busi nengee — runaway slave
• Aukan: lowe nengee — runaway slave
• Berbice Creole Dutch: mangiapu — runaway slave
• Bulgarian: марон (maron) — runaway slave
• Catalan: negre cimarró — runaway slave
• Dutch: marron — runaway slave
• Dutch: bosneger — runaway slave
• Dutch: bosnegerin — runaway slave
• Dutch: boslandcreool — runaway slave
• Dutch: boslandcreoolse — runaway slave
• Finnish: maroni — runaway slave
• French: marron — runaway slave
• French: marronne — runaway slave
• French: noir marron — runaway slave
• French: nègre marron — runaway slave
• French: négresse marronne — runaway slave
• French: nègre libre — runaway slave
• French: négresse libre — runaway slave
• French: Bushinengué — runaway slave
• German: Maroon (Maroons pl, from English) — runaway slave
• German: Maroon-Männer — runaway slave
• German: Maroon-Frauen — runaway slave
• Haitian Creole: mawon — runaway slave
• Hungarian: szökevény rabszolga — runaway slave
• Kari'na: tuwarimpo — runaway slave
• Kari'na: nekara — runaway slave
• Kari'na: Juka pono — runaway slave
• Lokono: konokhodo — runaway slave
• Lokono: khareme — runaway slave
• Lokono: balalashi — runaway slave
• Lokono: kateme — runaway slave
• Maroon Spirit Language: yengkungku — runaway slave
• Portuguese: quilombola — runaway slave
• Russian: маро́н (marón) — runaway slave
• Spanish: esclavo cimarrón — runaway slave
• Spanish: esclava cimarrona — runaway slave
• Spanish: quilombola — runaway slave
• Spanish: cimarrón — runaway slave
• Sranan Tongo: maron — runaway slave
• Sranan Tongo: businengre — runaway slave
• Sranan Tongo: lowenengre — runaway slave
• Sranan Tongo: busikrioro — runaway slave
• Wayana: meikolo — runaway slave
• Chinese Mandarin: 放逐 (fàngzhú) — castaway — see also castaway
• Chinese Mandarin: 流放 (liúfàng) — castaway — see also castaway
• Dutch: uitgestotene — castaway — see also castaway
• Dutch: verstotene — castaway — see also castaway
• German: Ausgesetzter — castaway — see also castaway
• German: Ausgesetzte — castaway — see also castaway
• German: Ausgestoßener — castaway — see also castaway
• German: Ausgestoßene — castaway — see also castaway
• German: Ausgestossener — castaway — see also castaway
• German: Ausgestossene — castaway — see also castaway
• Italian: naufrago — castaway — see also castaway
• Italian: naufraga — castaway — see also castaway
• Romanian: naufragiat — castaway — see also castaway
• Russian: изго́й (izgój) — castaway — see also castaway
• Swedish: strandsatt person — castaway — see also castaway
• Arabic: كَسْتَنَائِيّ (kastanāʔiyy) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 栗色 (lìsè) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Danish: maron — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Finnish: punaruskea — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• French: marron pourpré — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• French: bordeaux — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Galician: ruzo — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Galician: burel — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Georgian: წაბლისფერი (c̣ablisperi) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• German: Rotbaun — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• German: Kastanienbraun — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• German: Weinrot — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• German: Bordeaux — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Greek: καστανέρυθρο (kastanérythro) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Hebrew: בּוֹרְדּוֹ (bordó) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Hebrew: עַרְמוֹנִי ('armoní) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Hindi: महरून (mahrūn) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Hindi: मैरून (mairūn) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Hungarian: gesztenyebarna — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Hungarian: vörösesbarna — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Icelandic: rauðbrúnn — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Icelandic: dumbrauður — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Indonesian: marun — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Italian: granata — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Italian: bordeaux — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Japanese: 栗色 (kuriiro) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Korean: 밤색 (bamsaek) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Lithuanian: kaštoninė — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Macedonian: бордо (bordo) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Malay: jahang — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Malay: merah tua — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Mongolian: элгэн хүрэн өнгө (elgen xüren öngö) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Navajo: diłhiłgo łichííʼ — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Pannonian Rusyn: ґестиньови (gestinʹovi) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Persian: بلوطی (baluti) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Portuguese: bordô — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Romanian: maro — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Russian: тёмно-бордо́вый (tjómno-bordóvyj) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Russian: бордо́вый (bordóvyj) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Spanish: granate — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Spanish: castaño — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Spanish: bordó — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Spanish: burdeos — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Spanish: guinda — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Swedish: bordeaux — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Swedish: vinröd — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Thai: เลือดหมู (lʉ̂ʉat-mǔu) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Thai: เลือดนก (lʉ̂ʉat-nók) — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Vietnamese: nâu hạt dẻ — dark red, somewhat brownish colour
• Bulgarian: изоставям (izostavjam) — to abandon
• Dutch: achterlaten — to abandon
• Dutch: verlaten — to abandon
• Finnish: hylätä — to abandon
• French: abandonner — to abandon
• German: im Stich lassen — to abandon
• German: aussetzen — to abandon
• German: von der Außenwelt abschneiden — to abandon
• Hungarian: hátrahagy — to abandon
• Hungarian: lakatlan szigetre kitesz — to abandon
• Italian: abbandonare — to abandon
• Italian: mollare — to abandon
• Italian: piantare — to abandon
• Māori: whakamahue — to abandon
• Russian: бросать (brosatʹ) — to abandon
• Slovak: tvrdnúť — to abandon
• Swedish: strandsätta — to abandon
• Swedish: överge — to abandon