macaroni — [ makarɔni ] n. m. • 1650; mot it., plur. de macarone → macaron 1 ♦ Au plur. Pâtes alimentaires en forme de tube. Un paquet de macaronis. Macaronis au fromage. 2 ♦ (1776) Injurieux Mangeur de macaronis (vieilli), et ellipt un macaroni : un… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Macaroni — Mac a*ro ni, n.; pl. {Macaronis}, or {Macaronies}. [Prov. It. macaroni, It. maccheroni, fr. Gr. ? happiness, later, a funeral feast, fr. ? blessed, happy. Prob. so called because eaten at such feasts in honor of the dead; cf. Gr. ? blessed, i. e … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
macaroni — (n.) tube shaped food made of dried wheaten paste [Klein], 1590s, from southern Italian dialectal maccaroni (It. maccheroni), plural of maccarone, name for a kind of pasty food, possibly from maccare bruise, batter, crush, of unknown origin, or… … Etymology dictionary
Macaroni — Macaroni, Macaronische Verse, s. Maccaroni, Maccaronische Verse … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
macaroni — MACARONI: Doit se servie avec les doigts quand il est à l italienne … Dictionnaire des idées reçues
macaroni — [n] pasta noodles, penne, shells, spaghetti, tortellini; concepts 457,460,461 … New thesaurus
macaroni — ► NOUN 1) pasta in the form of narrow tubes. 2) (pl. macaronies) an 18th century British dandy affecting Continental fashions. ORIGIN Italian maccaroni, from Greek makaria food made from barley … English terms dictionary
macaroni — [mak΄ə rō′nē] n. [It maccaroni, maccheroni, pl. of maccherone < LGr makaria, food of broth and barley groats, sacrificial cake made from such mixture, lit., blessed (cake) < Gr, bliss < makar, blessed] 1. pasta in the form of tubes or in … English World dictionary
Macaroni — thumb|right|200px|Macaroni thumb|right|200px|Macaroni and cheeseMacaroni is a kind of moderately extended, machine made dry pasta. Much shorter than spaghetti, and hollow, macaroni does not contain eggs. Though home machines exist that can make… … Wikipedia
Macaroni — Gratin de macaroni. Les macaronis sont une variété de pâtes alimentaires en forme de longs tubes allongés de 5 à 6 mm, d origine arabe arrivés en Italie au IIe siècle[1 … Wikipédia en Français
