marron

Meaning

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)

Concepts

chestnut

brown

Spanish chestnut

chestnut brown

auburn

maroon

sweet chestnut

edible chestnut

horse chestnut

conker

marron glacé

Japanese chestnut

light brown

tawny

marron

brownish

chocolate-brown

dark-brown

brownness

Castanea sativa

European chestnut

feral

clout

fisticuff

punch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ma.ʁɔ̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian marrone.