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• macédoine
  macédoine

  noun

  a mixture of fruits or vegetables, often served as a salad.
• macedoine
  macedoine

  noun

  a hot or cold mixture of diced vegetables

macédoine

American  

[mas-i-dwahn] / ˌmæs ɪˈdwɑn /

noun

1. a mixture of fruits or vegetables, often served as a salad.

2. a medley.

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macedoine British  

/ ˌmæsɪˈdwɑːn /

noun

1. a hot or cold mixture of diced vegetables

2. a mixture of fruit served in a syrup or in jelly

3. any mixture; medley

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Etymology

Origin of macédoine

1810–20; < French, after Macédoine Macedonia, probably an allusion to the variety of peoples in the region

Example Sentences

My interpretation of the latter was a fruit macédoine, a salad of finely diced fruit.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2018

It is also served with a garniture of mushrooms or onions, or with a macédoine, or on a purée of spinach, or of sorrel.

From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre

Make the salad of string beans, asparagus, or a macédoine of vegetables.

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary

Cover the bottom of a plate with macaroni and cover this first layer with grated cheese and with some vegetables in macédoine, that is, chopped fine and fried brown with butter.

From The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well by Gentile, Maria

It is to be hoped she is: for the novel is a sort of macédoine of Irish history, folk-lore, scenery, and what not, done up in a syrup of love-making quant. suff.

From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George