The macaroon is a cookie made from ground almond and can come with added coconut. It was developed in the UK but must not be confused with the French macaron
, which is a confection made with two meringue disks and a cream in the middle.
The pronunciation of macaroon is often confused with that of macaron. Even if both the words have the same root in the Italian word "
maccheroni", their pronunciation is different.
Macaroon is an English word and is pronounced following English rules of pronunciation, while
macaron is pronounced in French.
The correct pronunciation of macaroon is
mah-kuh-ROON.
The key to pronouncing macaroon is that the stress is on the third syllable and the second syllable is pronounced with a short "u" or "uh" sound.
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