macchiato

noun

mac·​chi·​a·​to ˌmä-kē-ˈä-(ˌ)tō 

: espresso topped with a thin layer of foamed milk

Examples of macchiato in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

International Delight has five foams on sale including caramel macchiato and French vanilla flavors, and its parent company Danone has created a foams line with Silk and inked a partnership with Dunkin’. —Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025

Skip your daily trips to the coffee shop and make your own lattes, iced coffee, macchiatos, and cappuccinos at home. —Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025

Baristas will be more vigilant about topping macchiatos with a caramel crosshatch pattern made up exactly of seven vertical lines and seven horizontal lines, finished with a spiral. —Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025

In addition to one-touch coffee and espresso brewing, the user-friendly machine has three different one-touch buttons for making cappuccino, latte macchiato, and hot foam. —Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 21 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Italian, short for caffè macchiato literally, coffee with a spot (of milk)

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for macchiato

• moderato
• pizzicato
• auto
• dato
• motto
• erato
• vibrato
• yamato