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ˌmæk əˈrɒn ɪkmac·a·ron·ic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. macaronicadjective

    of or containing a mixture of Latin words and vernacular words jumbled together

    "macaronic verse"

Wiktionary

  1. macaronicnoun

    A work of macaronic character.

  2. macaronicnoun

    A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages, one of which is Latin, or a non-Latin stem with a Latin ending.

  3. macaronicadjective

    jumbled, mixed

  4. macaronicadjective

    Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages.

Wikipedia

  1. macaronic

    Macaronic language uses a mixture of languages, particularly bilingual puns or situations in which the languages are otherwise used in the same context (rather than simply discrete segments of a text being in different languages). Hybrid words are effectively "internally macaronic." In spoken language, code-switching is using more than one language or dialect within the same conversation.Macaronic Latin in particular is a jumbled jargon made up of vernacular words given Latin endings or of Latin words mixed with the vernacular in a pastiche (compare dog Latin). The word macaronic comes from the New Latin macaronicus which is from the Italian maccarone ("dumpling," regarded as coarse peasant fare). It is generally derogatory and used when the mixing of languages has a humorous or satirical intent or effect but is sometimes applied to more serious mixed-language literature.

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  1. macaronic

    Macaronic refers to text, language or style that mixes two languages or the vocabulary and idioms of one language with another language. The term originates from the macaronic Latin, a form of text that mixed Latin and a vernacular language. Today, it is often used to refer to the deliberate mixture of languages for artistic, humorous, or satirical effect.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Macaronicadjective

    pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled

  2. Macaronicadjective

    of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry

  3. Macaronicnoun

    a heap of thing confusedly mixed together; a jumble

  4. Macaronicnoun

    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

  5. Etymology: [Cf. It. maccheronico, F. macaronique.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of macaronic in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of macaronic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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  • خليط من كلمات لغة وطنيةArabic
  • multlingvaEsperanto
  • macarrónico, galimatías, guirigay, bastardo, espurio, algarabíaSpanish
  • galimatias, bâtard, amphigouri, charabia, macaroniqueFrench
  • zagyvaHungarian
  • מקרוניHebrew
  • macaronischDutch
  • макарони́ческийRussian

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