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macaron

Spanish, noun/makaˈɾon/

macaron is spelled M-A-C-A-R-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 147,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macaron is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “macaron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person plural preterite indicative of macar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alfajor o galleta pequeña hecha con almendras y claras de huevo, tradicional de Francia”.

What does macaron mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemacaron

  2. 2

    masculinealmond macaroon

verb

  1. 1

    third-person plural preterite indicative of macar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Alfajor o galleta pequeña hecha con almendras y claras de huevo, tradicional de Francia.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of macaron

  • macarons plural
  • macarones plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce macaron?

  • /makaˈɾon/
  • [ma.kaˈɾõn]
  • /maˈkaɾon/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to macaron

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is macaron in Spanish?

macaron appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.

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

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