macaronic

ˌmækəˈrɒnɪk

Definition

Definition of macaronic - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

linguistic mixture

TECH.

text mixing words from different languages

TECH.

His poem was a macaronic blend of English and Spanish..

literature

TECH.

literary work mixing multiple languages

TECH.

The poem is a macaronic blending English and Latin.

bilingual

polyglot

Adjective

literature

TECH.

written in a mix of languages

TECH.

The poem was macaronic, blending English and Latin.

bilingual

multilingual

polyglot

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Origin of macaronic

Italian, maccherone (dumpling)

Examples of macaronic in a sentence

The play was filled with macaronic humor.
His novel is a macaronic of French and Spanish.
The play features a macaronic dialogue.
Her macaronic speech confused the audience.
The novel featured macaronic dialogue throughout.

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French:texte macaronique, macaronique, ...
German:makaronischer Text, makaronisch, ...
Italian:maccheronico, macaronico, ...
Spanish:texto macarrónico, macarrónico, ...
Portuguese:macarrónico, híbrido, ...
Chinese:混合语言文本, 混杂语言的, ...
Japanese:混成言語のテキスト, マカロニックな, ...
Arabic:نص هجين لغوي, مُخْتَلِط اللُّغَات, ...
Hebrew:טֶקְסְט מְעוּרָב שָׁפוֹת, מְשׁוּלָב, ...
Russian:макаронический текст, макаронический, ...
Ukrainian:макаронічний текст, макаронічний, ...
Hindi:मिश्रित भाषाओं का पाठ, मिश्रित-भाषीय, ...
Bengali:মিশ্র ভাষার লেখা, ম্যাক্যারনিক, ...
Catalan:macarrònic, híbrid, ...
Czech:makarónština, makarónský, ...
Danish:makaronisk tekst, blandet, ...
Dutch:macaronisch tekst, mengtaal, ...
Greek:μακαρονικό κείμενο, μακαρονικός, ...
Hungarian:makaróni szöveg, makaronikus, ...
Khmer:អត្ថបទដែលលាយពាក្យពីភាសាផ្សេងៗគ្នា, សរសេរដោយលាយភាសាច្រើន, ...
Korean:혼합 언어 텍스트, 혼합 언어의, ...
Persian:متن مخلوط زبانی, مخلوط‌زبان, ...
Polish:makaroniczny tekst, makaroniczny, ...
Portuguese (BR):macarrónico, híbrido, ...
Romanian:text macaronic, macaronic, ...
Swedish:makaronisk text, makaronisk, ...
Thai:ข้อความภาษาผสม, ภาษาผสม, ...
Turkish:makaronik metin, karışık dilli, ...
Vietnamese:văn bản pha trộn ngôn ngữ, pha trộn ngôn ngữ, ...

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