marron

Signification

Noun

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

Adj

brown

Adj

1. feral, maroon (that has become wild again (used of a slave or animal who has returned to a free or wild state))
2. wild (to qualify a wild alternative for a cultivated plant or domestic animal)
3. illicit, crooked (of professions)

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ma.ʁɔ̃/

Étymologie

Borrowed from Italian marrone.