English-Thai Dictionary
Macanese
N ชาว มาเก๊า chow-ma-kao
Macao
N มาเก๊า ma-kao
Macassar
N น้ำมันใส่ผม ให้ เรียบ Makassar nam-man-sai-pom-hai-riab
Macaulay
N นักเขียน นวนิยาย อังกฤษ nak-kian-na-wa-ni-yai-ang-krid
macabre
ADJ น่าขยะแขยง na-ka-ya-ka-yang
macadam
N ถนน โรย ด้วย หิน เป็น ชั้นๆ ta-non-roi-duai-hin-pen-chan-chan
macadamia
N ถั่ว ออสเตรเลีย จำพวก Macadamia ternifolia เปลือก แข็ง tua-os-tre-lia-jam-puak
macadamia nut
N ถั่ว ออสเตรเลีย macadamia tua-os-tre-lia
macadamization
N การ โรย ถนน ด้วย หิน เป็น ชั้นๆ kan-ta-non-roi-duai-hin-pen-chan-chan
macadamize
VT ราด หรือ ปู ถนน ด้วย หิน เป็น ชั้นๆ tarmac pave rad-rue-pu-ta-non-duai-hin-pen-chan-chan
macao
N เมือง หนึ่ง ของ จีน ทางใต้ เคย เป็น อาณานิคม หนึ่ง ของ โปรตุเกส
macaque
N ลิงช นิดหนึ่ง มี กระพุ้งแก้ม ใหญ่
macaroni
N มะกะโรนี pasta spaghetti mak-ka-ra-ne
macaronic
A ที่ มี ลักษณะ ของ คำ ละติน ที่ ผสม กับ คำ ที่ ไม่ใช่ ละติน ที่ผ สมกัน
macaroon
N ขนม คุกกี้ช นิดหนึ่ง ka-nom-kuk-ke
macassar oil
N น้ำมันใส่ผม น้ำมัน ที่ มาจาก เมือง Macassar
macaw
N นกแก้ว หาง ยาว สีสัน สวยงาม nok-kao-hang-yao-se-san-suai-ngam
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MACARONI
n.[Gr. happy. ] 1. A kind of biscuit made of flour, eggs, sugar and almonds, and dressed with butter and spices.
2. A sort of droll or fool, and hence, a fop; a fribble; a finical fellow.
MACARONIC
a.Pertaining to or like a macaroni; empty; trifling; vain; affected. 1. Consisting of a mixture or jumble of ill formed or ill connected words.
MACARONIC
n.A kind of burlesque poetry, in which native words are made to end in Latin terminations, or Latin words are modernized.
MACAROON
the same as macaroni.
MACAUCO
n.A name of several species of quadrupeds of the genus Lemur.
MACAW, MACAO
n.The name of a race of beautiful fowls of the parrot kind, under the genus Psittacus.
MACAW-TREE
n.A species of palm tree.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MACACO
Ma *ca "co, n. [Cf. Pg. macaco. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of lemurs, as the ruffed lemur (Lemur macaco ), and the ring-tailed lemur (L. catta ).
MACACUS
Ma *ca "cus, n. [NL. , a word of African origin. Cf. Macaco, Macaque. ](Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of monkeys, found in Asia and the East Indies. They have short tails and prominent eyebrows.
MACADAMIZATION
MACADAMIZATION Mac *ad `am *i *za "tion, n.
Defn: The process or act of macadamizing.
MACADAMIZE
Mac *ad "am *ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Macadamized; p. pr. & vb. n.Macadamizing.] [From John Loudon McAdam, who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816.]
Defn: To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
MACADAM ROAD
MACADAM ROAD Mac *ad "am road `. [See Macadamize. ]
Defn: A macadamized road.
MACAO
MACAO Ma *ca "o, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A macaw.
MACAQUE
Ma `caque ", n. [F. See Macacus. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macacus; as, M. maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies.
MACARANGA GUM
MACARANGA GUM Mac `a *ran "ga gum `.
Defn: A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica ) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc. , and sometimes as a medicine. Balfour (Cyc. of India ).
MACARIZE
MACARIZE Mac "a *rize, v. t. [Gr. to bless. ]
Defn: To congratulate. [Oxford Univ. Cant ] Whately.
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., dead. Cf. Macaroon. ]
1. Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of wheat flour, and used as an article of food; Italian or Genoese paste.
A paste similarly prepared is largely used as food in Persia, India, and China, but is not commonly made tubular like the Italian macaroni. Balfour (Cyc. of India ).
2. A medley; something droll or extravagant.
3. A sort of droll or fool. [Obs. ] Addison.
4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775. Goldsmith.
5. pl. (U. S. Hist. ) The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform. W. Irving.
MACARONIAN; MACARONIC
Mac `a *ro "ni *an, Mac `a *ron "ic, a. [Cf. It. maccheronico, F.macaronique.]
1. Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food ); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled.
2. Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry.
MACARONIC
MACARONIC Mac `a *ron "ic, n.
1. A heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble.
2. A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots.
MACAROON
Mac `a *roon ", n. [F. macaron, It. maccherone. See Macaroni. ]
1. A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds, and sugar.
2. A finical fellow, or macaroni. [Obs. ]
MACARTNEY
MACARTNEY Ma *cart "ney, n. [From Lord Macartney. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A fire-backed pheasant. See Fireback.
MACASSAR OIL
MACASSAR OIL Ma *cas `sar oil ".
Defn: A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil.
MACAUCO
MACAUCO Ma *cau "co, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of small lemurs, as Lemur murinus, which resembles a rat in size.
MACAVAHU
MACAVAHU Ma `ca *va "hu, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small Brazilian monkey (Callithrix torquatus ), -- called also collared teetee.
MACAW
MACAW Ma *caw ", n. [From the native name in the Antilles. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any parrot of the genus Sittace, or Macrocercus. About eighteen species are known, all of them American. They are large and have a very long tail, a strong hooked bill, and a naked space around the eyes. The voice is harsh, and the colors are brilliant and strongly contrasted.
Macaw bush (Bot. ), a West Indian name for a prickly kind of nightshade (Solanum mammosum ). --Macaw palm, Macaw tree (Bot. ), a tropical American palm (Acrocomia fusiformis and other species ) having a prickly stem and pinnately divided leaves. Its nut yields a yellow butter, with the perfume of violets, which is used in making violet soap. Called also grugru palm.
New American Oxford Dictionary
macabre
ma ca bre |məˈkäbrə, -ˈkäb məˈkɑbrə | ▶adjective disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury: a macabre series of murders. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French macabre, from Danse Macabre ‘dance of death, ’ from Old French, perhaps from Macabé ‘a Maccabee, ’ with reference to a miracle play depicting the slaughter of the Maccabees.
macadam
mac ad am |məˈkadəm məˈkædəm | ▶noun broken stone of even size used in successively compacted layers for surfacing roads and paths, and typically bound with tar or bitumen. DERIVATIVES mac ad amed adjective ORIGIN early 19th cent.: named after John L. McAdam (1756 –1836 ), the British surveyor who advocated using this material.
macadamia
mac a da mi a |ˌmakəˈdāmēə ˌmækəˈdeɪmiə | ▶noun an Australian tree with slender, glossy evergreen leaves and globular edible nuts. [Genus Macadamia, family Proteaceae: several species, esp. M. integrifolia and M. tetraphylla, which are cultivated for their nuts. ] • (also macadamia nut ) the edible nut of this tree. ORIGIN modern Latin, named after John Macadam (1827 –65 ), Australian chemist.
macadamize
mac ad am ize |məˈkadəˌmīz məˈkædəmaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make or cover with macadam: (as adj. macadamized ) : macadamized roads.
macadamized
macadamized |məˈkadəmʌɪzd |(also macadamised ) ▶adjective covered with macadam: macadamized roads.
MacAlpin, Kenneth
Mac Al pin, Kenneth |məˈkalpən məˈkælpən | see Kenneth I.
Macao
Ma cao |məˈkou məˈkaʊ | a special administrative region on the southeastern coast of China, formerly a Portuguese dependency, comprising the Macao peninsula and the islands of Taipa and Cologne; pop. 433,700 (est. 2006 ); capital, Macao City. Visited by Vasco da Gama in 1497, Macao was developed by the Portuguese as a trading post and became the chief center of trade between Europe and China in the 18th century. In 1999, Macao passed to China, as agreed upon in 1987. Portuguese name Macau. DERIVATIVES Mac a nese |ˌmakəˈnēz, -ˈnēs |adjective & noun
Macapá
Ma ca pá |ˌmäkəˈpä ˌmɑkəˈpɑ | a town in northern Brazil, on the Amazon delta; pop. 344,153 (2007 ).
Macapagal Arroyo
Ma ca pa gal Ar roy o |mäkäpäˈgäl -əˈroiˌō | see Arroyo, Grace.
macaque
ma caque |məˈkäk, -ˈkak məˈkɑk məˈkæk | ▶noun (also macaque monkey ) a medium-sized, chiefly forest-dwelling Old World monkey that has a long face and cheek pouches for holding food. [Genus Macaca, family Cercopithecidae: several species, including the rhesus monkey and the Barbary ape. ] ORIGIN late 17th cent.: via French and Portuguese; based on the Bantu morpheme ma (denoting a plural ) + kaku ‘monkey. ’
Macarena
Ma ca re na |ˌmäkəˈrānə ˌmɑkəˈreɪnə | ▶noun a dance performed with exaggerated hip motion to a fast Latin rhythm. ORIGIN apparently from the title of a song by the Spanish duo Los del Río (1993 ).
Macaronesia
Mac a ro ne sia |ˌmakərəˈnēZHə ˌmækərəˈniʒə |Botany a phytogeographical region comprising the Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde Islands in the eastern North Atlantic. DERIVATIVES Mac a ro ne sian |-ˈnēZHēən |adjective ORIGIN from Greek makarōn nēsoi ‘islands of the Blessed ’ (mythical islands later associated with the Canaries ).
macaroni
mac a ro ni |ˌmakəˈrōnē ˌmækəˈroʊni | ▶noun ( pl. macaronies ) 1 a variety of pasta formed in narrow tubes. 2 an 18th -century British dandy affecting Continental fashions. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Italian maccaroni (now usually spelled maccheroni ), plural of maccarone, from late Greek makaria ‘food made from barley. ’
macaronic
mac a ron ic |ˌmakəˈränik ˌmækəˈrɑnɪk | ▶adjective denoting language, esp. burlesque verse, containing words or inflections from one language introduced into the context of another. ▶noun (usu. macaronics ) macaronic verse, esp. that which mixes the vernacular with Latin. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘characteristic of a jumble or medley ’): from modern Latin macaronicus, from obsolete Italian macaronico, a humorous formation from macaroni (see macaroni ).
macaroni cheese
maca |roni cheese ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. a savoury dish of macaroni in a cheese sauce.
macaroni penguin
mac a ro ni pen guin ▶noun a penguin with an orange crest, breeding on islands in the Antarctic. [Eudyptes chrysolophus, family Spheniscidae. ] ORIGIN early 19th cent.: so named because the orange crest was thought to resemble the hairstyle of dandies known as macaronies (see macaroni ).
macaroon
mac a roon |ˌmakəˈro͞on ˈˌmækəˈˌrun | ▶noun a light cookie made with egg white, sugar, and usually ground almonds or coconut. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French macaron, from Italian maccarone (see macaroni ).
MacArthur, Dame Ellen
Mac ¦Arthur |məˈkɑːθə | (b.1976 ), English yachtswoman. She sailed solo around the world in 71 days 19 hours (November 2004 –February 2005 ), breaking the previous record by over a day.
MacArthur, Douglas
Mac Ar thur, Douglas |məˈkärTHər məˈkɑrθər | (1880 –1964 ), US general. Commander of US (later Allied ) forces in the southwestern Pacific during World War II, he accepted Japan's surrender in 1945 and administered the ensuing Allied occupation. He was in charge of UN forces in Korea 1950 –51, before being forced to relinquish command by President Truman.
Macassar
Ma cas sar |məˈkasər məˈkæsər | ▶noun 1 (also Macassar oil ) a kind of oil formerly used, esp. by men, to make one's hair shine and lie flat. 2 variant spelling of Makassar. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: earlier form of Makassar. The oil was originally represented as consisting of ingredients from Makassar.
Macau
Ma cau |məˈkou məˈkaʊ | Portuguese name for Macao.
Macaulay, Dame Rose
Macaulay, Dame Rose |məˈkɔːli | (1881 –1958 ), English novelist and essayist; full name Dame Emilie Rose Macaulay. Notable novels: Potterism (1920 ), The World My Wilderness (1950 ), and The Towers of Trebizond (1956 ).
Macaulay, Thomas Babington
Ma cau lay, Thomas Babington |məˈkôlē məˈkɔli |, 1st Baron (1800 –59 ), English historian, essayist, and philanthropist. Notable works: The Lays of Ancient Rome (1842 ) and History of England (1849 –61 ).
macaw
ma caw |məˈkô məˈkɔ | ▶noun a large long-tailed parrot with brightly colored plumage, native to Central and South America. [Ara and related genera, family Psittacidae: several species. ] ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Portuguese macao, of unknown origin.
Oxford Dictionary
macabre
macabre |məˈkɑːbr (ə )| ▶adjective disturbing because concerned with or causing a fear of death: a macabre series of murders. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French macabre, from Danse Macabre ‘dance of death ’, from Old French, perhaps from Macabé ‘a Maccabee ’, with reference to a miracle play depicting the slaughter of the Maccabees.
macadam
macadam |məˈkadəm | ▶noun [ mass noun ] broken stone of even size, bound with tar or bitumen and used in successively compacted layers for surfacing roads and paths. DERIVATIVES macadamed adjective ORIGIN early 19th cent.: named after John L. McAdam (1756 –1836 ), the British surveyor who advocated using this material.
macadamia
macadamia |ˌmakəˈdeɪmɪə | ▶noun an Australian rainforest tree with slender, glossy evergreen leaves and globular edible nuts. ●Genus Macadamia, family Proteaceae: several species, especially M. integrifolia and M. tetraphylla. • (also macadamia nut ) the edible nut of the macadamia tree. ORIGIN modern Latin, named after John Macadam (1827 –65 ), Australian chemist.
macadamize
mac ad am ize |məˈkadəˌmīz məˈkædəmaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make or cover with macadam: (as adj. macadamized ) : macadamized roads.
macadamized
macadamized |məˈkadəmʌɪzd |(also macadamised ) ▶adjective covered with macadam: macadamized roads.
macajuel
macajuel |ˈmakawɛl | ▶noun West Indian term for boa constrictor. ORIGIN from an American Indian word.
MacAlpin, Kenneth
MacAlpin, Kenneth |məˈkalpɪn | see Kenneth I.
Macanese
Macanese |ˌmakəˈniːz | ▶noun ( pl. same ) 1 a native or inhabitant of Macao, especially one of mixed Chinese and Portuguese descent. 2 [ mass noun ] a Portuguese Creole formerly used in Macao. ▶adjective relating to Macao or the Macanese. ORIGIN from Macao, on the pattern of words such as Japanese .
Macao
Macao |məˈkaʊ | a former Portuguese dependency on the SE coast of China, on the west side of the Pearl River estuary opposite Hong Kong; pop. 433,700 (est. 2006 ); official languages, Portuguese and Cantonese; capital, Macao City. Portuguese name Macau. The area comprises the Macao peninsula and two nearby islands. Macao was developed by the Portuguese as a trading post, becoming in the 18th century the chief centre of trade between Europe and China. Under the terms of a 1987 agreement sovereignty passed to China in 1999.
Macapá
Macapá |ˌmakəˈpɑː | a town in northern Brazil, on the Amazon delta, capital of the state of Amapá; pop. 344,153 (2007 ).
macaque
macaque |məˈkɑːk, -ˈkak | ▶noun a medium-sized, chiefly forest-dwelling Old World monkey which has a long face and cheek pouches for holding food. ●Genus Macaca, family Cercopithecidae: several species, including the rhesus monkey. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: via French and Portuguese; based on the Bantu morpheme ma (denoting a plural ) + kaku ‘monkey ’.
Macarena
Macarena |ˌmakəˈraɪnə | ▶noun a dance performed with exaggerated hip motion to a fast Latin rhythm. ORIGIN apparently from the title of a song by the Spanish duo Los del Rio (1993 ).
Macaronesia
Macaronesia |ˌmakərə (ʊ )ˈniːzɪə |Botany a phytogeographical region comprising the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, and the Cape Verde Islands in the eastern North Atlantic. DERIVATIVES Macaronesian adjective ORIGIN from Greek makarōn nēsoi ‘islands of the Blessed ’ (mythical islands later associated with the Canaries ).
macaroni
macaroni |ˌmakəˈrəʊni | ▶noun ( pl. macaronies ) 1 [ mass noun ] pasta in the shape of narrow tubes. 2 an 18th -century British dandy who imitated continental fashions. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Italian maccaroni (now usually spelled maccheroni ), plural of maccarone, from late Greek makaria ‘food made from barley ’.
macaronic
macaronic |ˌmakəˈrɒnɪk | ▶adjective denoting language, especially burlesque verse, containing words or inflections from one language introduced into the context of another. ▶noun (macaronics ) macaronic verse, especially that which mixes the vernacular with Latin. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘characteristic of a jumble or medley ’): from modern Latin macaronicus, from obsolete Italian macaronico, a humorous formation from macaroni (see macaroni ).
macaroni cheese
maca |roni cheese ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. a savoury dish of macaroni in a cheese sauce.
macaroni penguin
maca |roni pen |guin ▶noun a penguin with an orange crest, breeding on islands in the Antarctic. ●Eudyptes chrysolophus, family Spheniscidae. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: so named because the orange crest was thought to resemble the hairstyle of dandies known as macaronies (see macaroni ).
macaroon
macaroon |ˌmakəˈruːn | ▶noun a light biscuit made with egg white, sugar, and ground almonds or coconut. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French macaron, from Italian maccarone (see macaroni ).
MacArthur, Dame Ellen
Mac ¦Arthur |məˈkɑːθə | (b.1976 ), English yachtswoman. She sailed solo around the world in 71 days 19 hours (November 2004 –February 2005 ), breaking the previous record by over a day.
MacArthur, Douglas
Mac ¦Arthur |məˈkɑːθə | (1880 –1964 ), American general. Commander of US (later Allied ) forces in the SW Pacific during the Second World War, he accepted Japan's surrender in 1945, and administered the ensuing Allied occupation.
Macassar
Macassar |məˈkasə | ▶noun 1 (also Macassar oil ) [ mass noun ] a kind of oil formerly used by men to make their hair shine and lie flat. 2 variant spelling of Makassar. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: earlier form of Makassar. The oil was originally represented as consisting of ingredients from Makassar.
Macau
Macau |maˈkau | Portuguese name for Macao.
Macaulay, Dame Rose
Macaulay, Dame Rose |məˈkɔːli | (1881 –1958 ), English novelist and essayist; full name Dame Emilie Rose Macaulay. Notable novels: Potterism (1920 ), The World My Wilderness (1950 ), and The Towers of Trebizond (1956 ).
Macaulay, Thomas Babington
Macaulay, Thomas Babington |məˈkɔːli |, 1st Baron (1800 –59 ), English historian, essayist, and philanthropist. He was a civil servant in India, where he established a system of education and a new criminal code, before returning to Britain and devoting himself to literature and politics. Notable works: The Lays of Ancient Rome (1842 ) and History of England (1849 –61 ).
macaw
macaw |məˈkɔː | ▶noun a large long-tailed parrot with brightly coloured plumage, native to Central and South America. ●Ara and related genera: family Psittacidae: several species. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from obsolete Portuguese macau, of unknown origin.
American Oxford Thesaurus
macabre
macabre adjective 1 a macabre ritual: gruesome, grisly, grim, gory, morbid, ghastly, unearthly, grotesque, hideous, horrific, shocking, dreadful, loathsome, repugnant, repulsive, sickening. 2 a macabre joke: black, weird, unhealthy; informal sick.
Oxford Thesaurus
macabre
macabre adjective 1 a macabre ritual: gruesome, grisly, grim, gory, morbid, ghastly, unearthly, lurid, grotesque, hideous, horrific, horrible, horrifying, horrid, horrendous, terrifying, frightening, frightful, fearsome, shocking, dreadful, appalling, loathsome, repugnant, repulsive, sickening. 2 a macabre joke: black, weird, unhealthy, sick.
Duden Dictionary
Macadamia
Ma ca da mia Substantiv, feminin , die |Macad a mia …k …|die Macadamia; Genitiv: der Macadamia, Plural: die Macadamien nach dem australischen Naturforscher J. Macadam, 1827 –1865 Gattung der Silberbaumgewächse, zu deren Arten die Queenslandnuss und die Australische Haselnuss zählen
Macadamianuss
Ma ca da mia nuss Substantiv, feminin , die |Macad a mianuss mak …|die Macadamianuss; Genitiv: der Macadamianuss, Plural: die Macadamianüsse nach dem australischen Naturforscher J. Macadam (1827 –1865 )haselnussartiger Steinkern eines in Australien beheimateten Gewächses mit fettreichem, wohlschmeckendem Samen
Macao
Ma cao , Ma cau Substantiv, Neutrum älter Macau |maˈkau̯ maˈkau̯ |Macaos Macaus ehemalige portugiesische Kolonie, die heute eine Sonderverwaltungszone an der südchinesischen Küste ist
French Dictionary
macabre
macabre adj. adjectif Lugubre. : Ce film rempli de cadavres et de squelettes est trop macabre. Un humour macabre. SYNONYME sinistre .
macadam
macadam n. m. nom masculin 1 Revêtement de la chaussée. 2 par extension Chaussée. : « Comme une fleur de macadam » (Jean-Pierre Ferland , Les Fleurs de macadam ). Prononciation Le m final se prononce, [makadam ]; le nom rime avec dame Note Orthographique macada m.
macaque
macaque n. m. nom masculin Singe d ’Asie dont le museau est saillant. Note Technique Ce nom n ’a pas de forme féminine. Un macaque femelle. Note Orthographique maca qu e.
macareux
macareux n. m. nom masculin Oiseau palmipède, voisin du pingouin. Note Orthographique macareu x.
macaron
macaron n. m. nom masculin 1 Petit gâteau sec. : Des macarons et un peu de thé? 2 Insigne généralement de forme ronde. : Des macarons amusants. Note Orthographique macar on.
macaroni
macaroni n. m. (pl. macaronis ) nom masculin Pâte alimentaire en forme de tube. : Des macaronis savoureux, du macaroni au gratin. Note Technique Certains auteurs conservent le pluriel italien du mot en i; il paraît plus logique d ’intégrer le mot au français et de mettre un s au pluriel.
Spanish Dictionary
maca
maca nombre femenino 1 Señal que queda en la fruta después de haber recibido un golpe .2 Desperfecto o daño de poca importancia en algunos objetos como telas, figuritas de porcelana, etc. :la maca del paño .
macabeo, -bea
macabeo, -bea adjetivo 1 De los Macabeos (nombre que reciben, en la tradición bíblica, los siete hermanos que fueron martirizados junto a su madre, según narra el segundo libro de los Macabeos ) o relacionado con ellos .2 nombre masculino Variedad de uva blanca de grano mediano y dulce, muy utilizada en la elaboración de vinos en algunas regiones de España :su último reto es un vino hecho con macabeo que se vendimia antes para conseguir poco grado .SINÓNIMO viura .
macabro, -bra
macabro, -bra adjetivo Que tiene relación con el aspecto más repulsivo y desagradable de la muerte :en la cripta se encuentra el panteón de los condes de Buenavista, decorado con huesos, calaveras y esqueletos de significado macabro, alusivo a la Muerte; los cadáveres arrastrados por la corriente se amontonan más abajo, en un recodo, donde los cocodrilos y los buitres no pueden dar abasto a tan macabro festín .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo del francés macabre , tomado de la expresión danse macabre ‘danza de la Muerte ’, de donde por extensión ‘lúgubre, tétrico ’.
macachín
macachín nombre masculino Urug Pequeña planta perenne, de flores blancas, amarillas, rosadas o violáceas, y hojas parecidas a las del trébol; florece en todas las estaciones del año, en lugares bajos, pedregosos o arenosos, en campos, cerros y quebradas; algunas tienen tubérculos comestibles de sabor dulzón .
macacinas
macacinas nombre femenino plural ACent Calzado tosco que se usa en el campo .
macaco, -ca
macaco, -ca nombre masculino y femenino 1 Mono arborícola de cuerpo robusto, hocico estrecho y saliente, y bolsas en las mejillas; es omnívoro y vive en grupos, en los bosques de Asia y el norte de África; hay muchas especies, que varían sobre todo en el tamaño del cuerpo (de unos 35 a 75 cm de longitud ) y de la cola, y en el color del pelo :los macacos son exhibidos con frecuencia en los zoológicos, pues aguantan fácilmente la cautividad .2 col. desp. Persona considerada insignificante en lo físico o lo moral :no voy a tener en cuenta lo que diga ese macaco .SINÓNIMO mamarracho, mequetrefe, monicaco .3 coloquial Niño pequeño :ven aquí, macaco, y dale un beso a tu abuelo .Se usa como apelativo cariñoso .SINÓNIMO mequetrefe, renacuajo .4 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino Cuba, Chile, Méx, PRico [persona ] Que es feo o deforme .
macacoa
macacoa nombre femenino 1 Colomb, Venez Sentimiento de tristeza que tiene una persona .2 PRico Mala suerte .
macadam
macadam (también macadán )nombre masculino Pavimento formado con piedra machacada y arena y prensado con rodillos compresores .
macadamizar
macadamizar verbo transitivo Pavimentar el suelo con macadam .Conjug. [4 ] como realizar .
macadán
macadán nombre masculino Macadam .
macaense
macaense adjetivo 1 Relativo a Macao, localidad de China, o a sus habitantes .2 adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que es de Macao .
macagua
macagua nombre femenino 1 Árbol de unos 10 m de alto, hojas grandes y ovaladas, flores blancas, y fruto pequeño y redondeado; es originario de Cuba :es habitual alimentar a los cerdos con el fruto de la macagua .2 nombre femenino Serpiente venenosa de entre 1 y 2 m de longitud y color negro u oscuro; vive en las regiones costeras cálidas de Venezuela .3 nombre femenino Ave rapaz diurna de entre 60 y 80 cm de largo, plumaje pardo en las alas, blanco cremoso en el resto del cuerpo y negro alrededor de los ojos, pico dentado y cabeza grande; vive en los bosques de América Meridional .
macagüita
macagüita nombre femenino Palmera baja de tronco oscuro con manchas más claras y fruto parecido a un coco pequeño de corteza muy oscura .
macana
macana nombre femenino 1 Broma, camelo o disparate :eso es todo, señora, y lo demás son macanas .2 Amér Garrote grueso de madera dura y pesada .3 ASur Especie de chal o manteleta, casi siempre de algodón, que usan algunas mujeres .4 CSur, Perú coloquial Dicho sin fundamentos o disparatado :todo lo que decía eran macanas, porque no entendía nada de lo que se estaba hablando .5 Arg Regalo de poca importancia .6 Arg, Bol, Perú, Urug coloquial Dicho o hecho equivocado o que acarrea complicaciones :la macana es que no hay otra forma de decir que no quiero que llegue a tener vergüenza de su madre; hice la gran macana de levantarme a las dos, ya era muy tarde para llegar a la cita; me mandé la macana de no llamarlo por teléfono el día acordado .¡qué macana! CSur, Perú coloquial Exclamación que expresa contrariedad por algo que ocasiona un problema :¡qué macana! Me olvidé mi agenda en casa de Juan y mañana se va de viaje .
macanazo
macanazo nombre masculino Perú Golpe dado con una macana .
macaneador, -ra
macaneador, -ra nombre masculino y femenino RPlata coloquial Persona que dice mentiras para impresionar a otra o burlarse de ella :es un macaneador nato, en todas las reuniones es el centro de atención .
macanear
macanear verbo intransitivo 1 ASur Decir mentiras :el gerente me macaneó, me dijo que me iba a poder ir de vacaciones y, al final, me tuve que quedar .2 CSur, Bol Decir o hacer cosas intrascendentes o sin sentido, generalmente por imprudencia o torpeza :al principio impresionaba bien, luego empezó a macanear y ya me desentendí de él .3 Colomb, Hond, Nicar Trabajar fuertemente y con asiduidad .4 verbo transitivo Colomb, Nicar, Venez Desbrozar un terreno con el machete antes de cultivarlo .5 Cuba, Méx, PRico, RDom Dar golpes con una macana .6 Hond Dar una fuerte paliza a alguien, en especial con un palo o con otro objeto contundente .SINÓNIMO apalear .
macanudo, -da
macanudo, -da adjetivo 1 Que es sorprendente por lo grande o extraordinario :tiene una casa macanuda .2 Amér coloquial [objeto ] Que es de muy buena calidad :estas son unas herramientas macanudas .3 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino Amér coloquial [persona ] Que es amable, atento, solidario y agradable :Lorenzo es macanudo, siempre dispuesto a echar una mano .
macaoense
macaoense adjetivo Relativo a Macao .
macaón
macaón nombre masculino Mariposa grande con las alas posteriores prolongadas formando una cola puntiaguda, de color amarillo con dibujos negros, y vuelo sostenido, planeado y elegante; se considera una de las más bellas .
macarela
macarela nombre femenino Venez Pez marino de hasta 40 cm de largo, escamas azules en el dorso y blancas en el vientre; generalmente se desplaza en grandes cardúmenes .
macareo
macareo nombre masculino Ola que se produce en la desembocadura de un río al crecer la marea y que remonta la corriente .
macarra
macarra nombre masculino 1 Esp Hombre que vive a expensas de una prostituta .SINÓNIMO chulo .2 adjetivo /nombre común Esp despectivo [persona ] Que es chulo y agresivo .3 Esp despectivo [persona ] Que es hortera o tiene mal gusto .4 adjetivo Esp despectivo Que es propio o característico de la persona macarra, chula u hortera .
macarrón
macarrón nombre masculino 1 Pasta italiana en forma de tubo de unos 5 cm de largo :los macarrones no deben figurar en un menú de gala pues se considera un plato popular .2 Tubo delgado de plástico flexible y resistente que se usa para recubrir alambres o cables eléctricos .
macarrónico, -ca
macarrónico, -ca adjetivo [uso de la lengua ] Que es muy defectuoso, mezcla una lengua extranjera con la propia o presenta graves errores gramaticales, léxicos o de pronunciación o inventa palabras con sonidos o terminaciones de esa lengua; especialmente, el latín mal hablado :el taxista hablaba un inglés macarrónico pero se hizo entender por el turista .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xvii ) del italiano maccheronico, procedente de maccherone, en el sentido de ‘alimento tosco y mezclado ’ por comparación con las características del latín mal utilizado, con mezcla de otros idiomas .
macarse
macarse verbo pronominal Empezar a pudrirse [un fruto ] debido a algún golpe que ha recibido .
macartismo
macartismo nombre masculino 1 Persecución anticomunista impulsada por el senador Joseph McCarthy (1909 -1957 ) en Estados Unidos de América durante el período de la guerra fría :Charles Chaplin fue investigado durante el macartismo .2 Conjunto de acciones emprendidas contra un grupo de personas por sus ideas políticas y sociales, generalmente progresistas .ETIMOLOGÍA Derivado del apellido de Joseph McCarthy , senador estadounidense que impulsó esta persecución .
macasar
macasar nombre masculino Tapete de punto, encaje u otra labor que se pone en el respaldo de ciertos asientos (sillones, mecedoras, etc. ) para que no se ensucien al apoyar en ellos la cabeza .
macazuchil
macazuchil nombre masculino Planta voluble de grandes hojas redondeadas y fruto alargado y oscuro; en México se utilizaba este fruto para aromatizar el chocolate .
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macabre
ma ca bre ma ca ber /məkɑ́ːbr (ə )//-bə r /形容詞 死を思わせる, 気味の悪い, おどろおどろしい .
macadam
ma cad am /məkǽdəm /名詞 1 C マカダム舗装道路 (macadam road ) 〘砕石を何層にも重ねタールやアスファルトで固めた道路 〙.2 U マカダム舗装道路用の砕石 .
macadamia
mac a da mi a /mæ̀kədéɪmiə /名詞 C 〘植 〙マカダミア 〘豪州産の常緑樹 〙; マカダミアナッツ (macadamia nut ).
Macao
Ma cao Ma cau /məkáʊ /名詞 マカオ 〘中国広東省の南端の経済特区; 1999年までポルトガル領 〙.
macaque
ma caque /məkɑ́ːk, -kǽk /名詞 C 〘動 〙マカク 〘主にアジア 北アフリカ産のサル 〙.
macaroni
mac a ro ni /mæ̀kəróʊni /〖＜イタリア 〗名詞 U マカロニ .
macaroon
mac a roon /mæ̀kərúːn /名詞 C マコロン 〘つぶしたアーモンドやココナッツが入っているクッキー 〙.
MacArthur
Mac Ar thur /məkɑ́ː r θə r /名詞 マッカーサー 〘Douglas ～, 1880 --1964; 米国陸軍元帥; 日本占領連合国軍最高司令官 (1945 --51 )〙.
Macaulay
Ma cau lay /məkɔ́ːli /名詞 マコーレー 〘Thomas Babington /bǽbɪŋtən /～, 1800 --59; 英国の歴史家 評論家 政治家 〙.
macaw
ma caw /məkɔ́ː /名詞 C 〘鳥 〙コンゴウインコ .
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