"macaronic" meaning in English

See macaronic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌmækəˈɹɑnɪk/ [US] Audio: en-us-macaronic.ogg Forms: more macaronic [comparative], most macaronic [superlative], maccaronic [alternative], macaronick [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From New Latin, 1517 coinage, macaronicus, from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone (“coarse dumpling”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la-new|-}} New Latin, {{der|en|it|-}} Italian, {{qualifier|Neapolitan dialect}} (Neapolitan dialect) Head templates: {{en-adj}} macaronic (comparative more macaronic, superlative most macaronic)
  1. (archaic) Jumbled, mixed. Tags: archaic Translations (jumbled): bâtard (French), imbastardito [masculine] (Italian), pomieszany (Polish), poplątany (Polish), bastardo (Spanish), espurio (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-macaronic-en-adj-WPSglofX Disambiguation of 'jumbled': 94 4 2
  2. (linguistics, literature) Written in a mixed language, one that combines elements from several. Translations (written in a mixture of languages): مُلَمَّع (mulammaʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), multlingva (Esperanto), macaronique (French), maccheronico [masculine] (Italian), makaroniczny (Polish), macarrónico [Portugal] (Portuguese), macarrônico [Brazil] (Portuguese), макарони́ческий (makaroníčeskij) (Russian), macarrónico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-macaronic-en-adj-0kawAbkG Categories (other): Linguistics, Literature, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 56 8 1 17 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 71 4 1 10 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 48 15 2 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 52 9 1 18 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 5 55 12 2 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 4 58 9 2 14 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 55 7 3 15 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 54 14 2 12 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 7 53 8 3 14 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 55 13 2 13 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 59 7 2 14 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 56 7 4 15 15 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, literature, media, publishing, sciences Disambiguation of 'written in a mixture of languages': 6 87 7
  3. (dated) Like a macaroni or dandy; foppish, trifling, affected. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-macaronic-en-adj-S5-qAs3P Synonyms: buckish, dandyish, beauish, buckish, coxcombical, dandiacal, dandified, dandy, dandyish, dandyistic, dudish, foppish, foppy, Jemmy-Jessamy, lily-handed, macaronic [dated], swellish [dated, slang], Woosterian
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: macaronically, macaronicism, macaronic Latin

Noun

IPA: /ˌmækəˈɹɑnɪk/ [US] Audio: en-us-macaronic.ogg Forms: macaronics [plural], maccaronic [alternative], macaronick [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From New Latin, 1517 coinage, macaronicus, from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone (“coarse dumpling”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la-new|-}} New Latin, {{der|en|it|-}} Italian, {{qualifier|Neapolitan dialect}} (Neapolitan dialect) Head templates: {{en-noun}} macaronic (plural macaronics)
  1. (literature) A work of macaronic character. Translations (macaronic work): galimatias (French), charabia (French), amphigouri (French), maccheronata [feminine] (Italian), galimatias [masculine] (Polish), galimatías (Spanish), algarabía (Spanish), guirigay (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-macaronic-en-noun-QQiZJFut Categories (other): Literature Topics: literature, media, publishing Disambiguation of 'macaronic work': 100 0 0
  2. (linguistic morphology) A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages. Synonyms: hybrid, etymological hybrid
    Sense id: en-macaronic-en-noun-dlEgEwnO Categories (other): Linguistic morphology Topics: human-sciences, linguistic-morphology, linguistics, morphology, sciences
  3. (linguistic morphology) A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages.
    Such a word that mixes Latin morphemes with non-Latin ones.
    Synonyms: hybrid, etymological hybrid Translations (word which is mix of Latin and non-Latin): makaronizm [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-macaronic-en-noun-OuRTHIGO Categories (other): Linguistic morphology Topics: human-sciences, linguistic-morphology, linguistics, morphology, sciences Disambiguation of 'word which is mix of Latin and non-Latin': 0 27 73

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "bâtard"
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        "(literature) A work of macaronic character."
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "macaronic work",
      "word": "galimatias"
    },
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      "sense": "macaronic work",
      "word": "charabia"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "macaronic work",
      "word": "amphigouri"
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      "sense": "macaronic work",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "sense": "macaronic work",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "guirigay"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "word which is mix of Latin and non-Latin",
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      "word": "makaronizm"
    }
  ],
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}

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