macaroni

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌmækəˈrəʊni/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌmækəˈroʊni/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mak′ə rōnē)

Inflections of 'macaroni' (n):
macaroni
n (Uncountable sense(s): no inflections)
macaronis
npl (For the dandy)
macaronies
npl (For the dandy)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mac•a•ro•ni /ˌmækəˈroʊni/USA pronunciation   n., [uncountable], pl. -nis, -nies. 
  1. Fooda kind of tube-shaped pasta made of wheat flour.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mac•a•ro•ni  (mak′ə rōnē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -nis, -nies for 2.
  1. Foodsmall, tubular pasta prepared from wheat flour.
  2. British Termsan English dandy of the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms, clothes, etc.
Also, maccaroni. 
  • dialect, dialectal Italian, plural of maccarone (Italian maccherone). See macaroon
  • earlier maccaroni 1590–1600

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
macaroni, maccaroni /ˌmækəˈrəʊnɪ/ n ( pl -nis, -nies)
  1. pasta tubes made from wheat flour
  2. (in 18th-century Britain) a dandy who affected foreign manners and style
Etymology: 16th Century: from Italian (Neapolitan dialect) maccarone, probably from Greek makaria food made from barley
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