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Macaron vs Macron - What's the difference?

macaron | macron |

As nouns the difference between macaron and macron

is that macaron is any of various pastries based on almond and eggwhite, traditionally made in France while macron is a short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark (¯) placed over any of various letters. It usually is used to indicate that the pronunciation of the vowel is long; in Mandarin pinyin (Chinese), it indicates the first tone, e.g. chūzūchē.

macaron

English

Alternative forms

* macaroon

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various pastries based on almond and eggwhite, traditionally made in France.

    • See also

    * macaroon ----

    macron

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (orthography) A short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark () placed over any of various letters. It usually is used to indicate that the pronunciation of the vowel is long; in Mandarin pinyin (Chinese), it indicates the first tone, e.g. ch?z?ch?.
  • * 1986 : Peter V. Jones and Keith C. Sidwell, Reading Latin: Grammar, vocabulary and exercises'', Introduction — ''General notes (note 1), page 2 (22nd printing (2007); Cambridge University Press; ISBN 9780521286220)
    • All vowels are pronounced short'' unless marked with a ¯ (macron ) over them. So observe different vowel length of ‘''i''?’ in, e.g., ''f?lia , etc. It may be helpful, but is not essential, to mark macra in your exercises.

    Usage notes

    * The pronunciation is pronounced short, as ([a]). * Macra is a rare plural.

    Related terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * (wikipedia "macron") * breve * solidus * vinculum

    References

    * “ ?macron]” listed in the [2nd Ed.; 1989 ----