Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maron

/mɑɹˈɔn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables
maron
IPA
/mɑɹˈɔn/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An alpine guide.

Obsolete

name

A surname.

name

Syriac saint, whose followers moved to Mount Lebanon from northern Syria, establishing the Maronite Church.

Etymology

Either from French marron or Italian marrone, both from Latin Marrones.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: marron, marrone, Marrones, Μάρων, ܡܪܘܢ

Usage

Inflected Forms

marons (plural)

Derived Forms

Maronite Maronitic Maronitism

Rhymes With

gone hands-on drawn sean dawn lawn withdrawn shawn shaun undergone pawn vaughan

Questions

How do you pronounce maron?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɑɹˈɔn/.
What does maron mean?
An alpine guide.
Where does maron come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce maron

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