English

Noun

marron ‎(plural marrons)

1. A sweet chestnut. [from 19th c.]
   • 2007, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin 2007, p. 137:

     ‘I mean, ****, even if I had've come down here of a weekend and taken back a sack full of marron, I would have killed the pig up there.’

Derived terms

• marron glacé

Etymology 2

Wikispecies

Nyunga marran

Noun

marron ‎(plural marrons)

1. Cherax tenuimanus, a type of freshwater crayfish from Western Australia.

Synonyms

• hairy marron, Margaret River marron

See also

• gilgie, jilgie
• yabby, yabbie

Finnish

Noun

marron

1. Genitive singular form of marto.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁɔ̃/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Italian marrone.

Noun

marron m ‎(plural marrons)

1. horse-chestnut
2. chestnut
3. chestnut brown
4. A token used as a control of the presence of someone at his post
5. (pyrotechnics) firecracker (on a rocket)
6. (informal) punch (with the fist)
7. (informal) head

Adjective

marron m, f ‎(invariable)

1. (France) brown

Usage notes

• This adjective is used mainly in France. Elsewhere, the usual adjective is brun.
• Like all colors that take their name from animals and plants, this sense of the adjective is invariable. However, by analogy with the corresponding noun which has a plural, some people may erroneously consider it variable in number and use marrons as the plural.

Etymology 2

From a West Indies creole, from Spanish cimarrón < cima.

Adjective

marron m ‎(feminine singular marronne, masculine plural marrons, feminine plural marronnes)

1. that has become wild again (used of a slave or animal who has returned to a free or wild state)
2. illicit, crooked (of professions)

   Magie marronne. Hedge magic.

Noun

marron m ‎(plural marrons)

1. maroon (a slave or animal who has run away to live free)