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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

A macédoine may be served with any meat—roasted, baked, or broiled.

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

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

Arrange lettuce leaves like a cup, and place the macédoine in the center.

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary

It is not necessary to pass anything whatever with melon or grapefruit, or a macédoine of fruit, or a canapé.

From Etiquette by Post, Emily