macedonia
English
Noun
macedonia (plural macedonias)
- (cooking) Alternative form of macédoine.
- 1991, New York Magazine, volume 24, number 50, page 94:
- Try the whole filet mignon, roast duckling, green lasagna, choucroute garni, Cornish hens, and the macedonia of fruit made each day.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Macedonia, probably referring to the great ethnic variety that distinguished that region.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.t͡ʃeˈdɔ.nja/
- Rhymes: -ɔnja
- Hyphenation: ma‧ce‧dò‧nia
Noun
macedonia f (plural macedonie)
- (cooking) fruit salad (often tinned)
- (figurative) a mixture of heterogeneous elements; a mishmash, medley
Derived terms
- parola macedonia (“portmanteau word”)
Further reading
- Macedonia di frutta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
The sense “fruit salad” via French macédoine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maθeˈdonja/ [ma.θeˈð̞o.nja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /maseˈdonja/ [ma.seˈð̞o.nja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -onja
- Syllabification: ma‧ce‧do‧nia
Noun
macedonia f (plural macedonias)
- fruit salad
- Synonym: ensalada de frutas
- female equivalent of macedonio
Adjective
macedonia
- feminine singular of macedonio
Further reading
- “macedonio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024