Macaroni

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 1.4 Noun 1.5 See also

English

Etymology

Corruption of Italian maccheroni, macaroni

Noun

macaroni (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes.
2. (used by Italian-Americans, especially in Philadelphia and New Jersey) A generic term for pasta.

Translations

type of pasta

French: macaronis m plural Italian: maccheroni m plural

generic term for pasta See pasta

Derived terms

• macaroni and cheese , macaroni cheese

Etymology

Adopted by those who had visited Italy on the Grand Tour to mean anything fashionable

Noun

macaroni (plural macaronies)

1. (pejorative) In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a man who dressed and often spoke in an ostentatiously affected and effeminate manner.

See also

• Wikipedia article on macaroni (pasta)
• Wikipedia article on macaronies