Meanings
macaroon1
plural macaroons
- A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
I will take charge of the cake department, including, if I remember rightly, plum and plain, rout cakes, and macaroons, finger biscuits, and cracknels.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 208 - alternativeAlternative spelling of macaron.
macaroon2
plural macaroons
- archaicA coarse, rude, low fellow.
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.
1590s, John Donne, Satire IV, "Well; I may now receive, and die"
Origin
macaroon · noun
- Frenchmacaron
- Englishmacaroon
From French macaron. Doublet of macaron.
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Full word history & related roots →macaroon · noun
- Italianmacarone
- Italianmacarone
- Englishmacaroon
Borrowed from Italian macarone.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ореховка
- ореховка (orehovka)soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Chinese Mandarin 蛋白杏仁餅 /蛋白杏仁饼
- 蛋白杏仁餅 /蛋白杏仁饼 (dànbái xìngrénbǐng)soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Danish makron
- makronsoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Dutch bitterkoekje, kokoskoekje
- bitterkoekjesoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
- kokoskoekjesoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
- makronsoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Finnish macaron, macaron-leivos
- macaronsoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
- macaron-leivossoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
French congolais, rocher coco
- congolaissoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
- rocher cocosoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
German Makrone
- Makronesoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Greek αμυγδαλωτό
- αμυγδαλωτό (amygdalotó)soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Hungarian csók, mandulacsók
- csóksoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
- mandulacsóksoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
- mandulás csóksoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
- kókuszcsóksoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Italian amaretto
- amarettosoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Norwegian makron
- makronsoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Polish makaronik
- makaroniksoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Romanian Pricomigdală
- Pricomigdalăsoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Russian минда́льное пече́нье
- минда́льное пече́нье (mindálʹnoje pečénʹje)soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Spanish macarrón, mostachón
- macarrónsoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
- mostachónsoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
- cocadasoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
- macaronsoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Swedish makron
- makronsoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Turkish makaron
- makaronsoft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Yiddish מאַקעראָנדל
- מאַקעראָנדל (makerondl)soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with macaroon
Cite this entry
macaroon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macaroon
“macaroon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macaroon. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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