maccherone

== Italian == === Alternative forms === maccarone (obsolete) === Etymology === Disputed. Possibly from late Byzantine Greek μακαρία (makaría, “food made from barley”), from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários, “favored by gods, blessed”), but said by some to be from Latin maccāre (“bruise, batter, crush”) and massa (“bulk, mass”). Compare Sicilian maccarruni (“a single piece of macaroni”) and English macaroni. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mak.keˈro.ne/ Rhymes: -one Hyphenation: mac‧che‧ró‧ne === Noun === maccherone m (plural maccheroni) macaroni (type of pasta) ==== Usage notes ==== Mainly used in the plural. ==== Derived terms ==== maccheronata maccheronico maccheroncino ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “maccherone”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Maccherone”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. “maccherone”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.