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maroon

ma·roon/məˈɹuːn/noun, adjective, verb

maroon is spelled M-A-R-O-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables (ma·roon). It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, maroon means “An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of maroon is maroons.

How many letters and syllables are in maroon?

Letters6: M-A-R-O-O-N
Syllables2: ma·roon
In writing2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is maroon?

Maroon appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce maroon?

  • /məˈɹuːn/
  • Australia /məˈɹəʉn/
  • Australia /məˈɹʉːn/

Maroon has 2 syllables, split ma·roon in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-maroon.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with maroon?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as maroon.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: romano.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of maroon

  • maroons plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • marooning participle, present
  • marooned participle, past
  • more maroon comparative
  • most maroon superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does maroon mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.

  2. 2

    A castaway; a person who has been marooned (abandoned).

  3. 3

    A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

  4. 4

    A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (for example, to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).

  5. 5

    derogatoryslangAn idiot; a fool.

adjective

  1. 1

    Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

  2. 2

    Of a dark red or reddish-brown color.

verb

  1. 1

    To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.

noun

as Maroon
  1. 1

    Alternative form of maroon (“descendant of escaped slaves”).

  2. 2

    AustraliaA member of the Queensland State of Origin rugby league team, who wear maroon-coloured jerseys.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate maroon?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of maroon: MAR.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Maroon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchmarron, marronne, noir marron, nègre marron, négresse marronne, nègre libre (runaway slave)
GermanMaroon (Maroons pl, from English), Maroon-Männer, Maroon-Frauen (runaway slave), Ausgesetzter, Ausgesetzte, Ausgestoßener (castaway – see also castaway)
Portuguesequilombola (runaway slave), bordô (dark red, somewhat brownish colour), castanho, castanha (color)
Spanishesclavo cimarrón, esclava cimarrona, quilombola, cimarrón (runaway slave), granate, castaño (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does maroon come from?

From French marron (“feral; fugitive”, adjective), from Spanish cimarrón (“fugitive, wild, feral”); see that entry for more.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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