macedonia
English edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Macedonia, probably referring to the great ethnic variety that distinguished that region.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
macedonia f (plural macedonie)
- (cooking) fruit salad (often tinned)
- (figurative) a mixture of heterogeneous elements; a mishmash, medley
Derived terms edit
- parola macedonia (“portmanteau word”)
Further reading edit
- Macedonia di frutta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
The sense “fruit salad” via French macédoine.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /maθeˈdonja/ [ma.θeˈð̞o.nja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /maseˈdonja/ [ma.seˈð̞o.nja]
- Rhymes: -onja
- Syllabification: ma‧ce‧do‧nia
Noun edit
macedonia f (plural macedonias)
- fruit salad
- Synonym: ensalada de frutas
- female equivalent of macedonio
Adjective edit
macedonia
Further reading edit
- “macedonio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014