noun, masculine/ma.ʁɔ̃/plural: marrons
marron is masculine in French.
horse-chestnut; chestnut; chestnut brown; A token used as a control of the presence of someone at his post; firecracker (on a rocket)
Etymology tree
Byzantine Greek μάραον (máraon)bor.
Italian marronebor.
French marron
Borrowed from Italian marrone.
adjective/ma.ʁɔ̃/
brown
Etymology tree
Byzantine Greek μάραον (máraon)bor.
Italian marronebor.
French marron
Borrowed from Italian marrone.
adjective/ma.ʁɔ̃/
feral, maroon (that has become wild again (used of a slave or animal who has returned to a free or wild state)); wild (to qualify a wild alternative for a cultivated plant or domestic animal); illicit, crooked (of professions)
“cochon marron” — feral pig
Synonyms: ensauvagé, féral, sauvage
From a West Indies creole, from Spanish cimarrón; see that entry for more.
noun, masculine/ma.ʁɔ̃/plural: marrons
marron is masculine in French.
maroon (a slave or animal who has run away to live free)
From a West Indies creole, from Spanish cimarrón; see that entry for more.