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- US Pronunciation
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- [mak-uh-roh-nee]
- /ˌmæk əˈroʊ ni/
- /ˌmæk.ərˈəʊ.ni/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [mak-uh-roh-nee]
- /ˌmæk əˈroʊ ni/
Definitions of macaroni word
- noun plural macaroni small, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour. 1
- noun plural macaroni an English dandy of the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms, clothes, etc. 1
- noun macaroni A variety of pasta formed in narrow tubes. 1
- noun macaroni pasta 1
- noun macaroni 18th-century dandy 1
- uncountable noun macaroni Macaroni is a kind of pasta made in the shape of short hollow tubes. 0
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Origin of macaroni
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; earlier maccaroni < dialectal Italian, plural of maccarone (Italian maccherone). See macaroon
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Parts of speech for Macaroni
noun
adjective
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pronoun
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determiner
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macaroni popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for macaroni
noun macaroni
- tortellini — navel-shaped pasta
- spaghetti — a white, starchy pasta of Italian origin that is made in the form of long strings, boiled, and served with any of a variety of meat, tomato, or other sauces.
- penne — a type of tubular pasta having diagonally cut ends.
- shells — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
- pasta — any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
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