marzipan

See also: Marzipan

English

Alternative forms

marchpane (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Marzipan, from Italian marzapane. The German -i- is probably due to a reinterpretation as Latin Mārcī pānis (“Mark's bread”). Further origin uncertain, but now thought to be derived from Martaban, in Burmese မုတ္ထမ (muthta.ma.), a Burmese port known for its spice exports, through Arabic مَرْطَبَان‎ (marṭabān, “spice box”), and with influence of pane (“bread”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑːzɪˈpæn/, /ˈmɑːzɪpæn/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹzəpæn/, /ˈmɑɹtsəpɑn/, /ˈmɑɹtsəpæn/
Rhymes: -æn

Noun

fruit-shaped marzipan at a market in Florence, Italy

marzipan (usually uncountable, plural marzipans)

A confection made from a paste of almonds, sugar and egg white as a binder.

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Translations

confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white

Albanian: marzipani m
Arabic: مَرْصَبَان‎ m (marṣabān)
Armenian: մարցիպան (marcʿipan)
Azerbaijani: marzipan, marsipan, martsipan
Basque: mazapan
Catalan: massapà m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 杏仁糖 (hang⁶ jan⁴ tong⁴)

Mandarin: 杏仁蛋白糖 (xìngrén dànbái táng), 杏仁膏 (xìngréngāo), 杏仁糖膏 (xìngrén tánggāo), 杏仁糖 (xìngréntáng), 杏仁糖衣 (xìngrén tángyī)
Czech: marcipán (cs) m
Danish: marcipan (da) c
Dutch: marsepein (nl) m
Esperanto: marcipano
Estonian: martsipan
Finnish: marsipaani (fi)
French: massepain (fr) m
Galician: mazapán (gl) m
German: Marzipan (de) n
Greek: αμυγδαλόπαστα n pl (amygdalópasta), μάρτσιπαν n (mártsipan)
Hebrew: מַרְצִיפָּן‎ (he) m (martzipán)
Hungarian: marcipán (hu)
Icelandic: marsípan (is) m
Ido: marcipano (io)
Indonesian: marsepen (id), marzipan (id)
Italian: marzapane (it) m
Japanese: マルチパン (maruchipan), マジパン (majipan)
Korean: 마지팬 (majipaen)

Latin: (New Latin) Mārtius pānis m, mārtipānis m, Mārcī pānis m
Latvian: marcipāns m
Limburgish: massepae n
Lithuanian: marcipanas m
Luxembourgish: Marzipan m
Macedonian: марципа́н m (marcipán)
Malay: marzipan
Norwegian: marsipan m
Persian: مارزیپان‎ (mârzepân)
Polish: marcepan (pl) m
Portuguese: marzipã (pt) m, maçapão m
Romanian: marțipan (ro) n
Russian: марципа́н (ru) m (marcipán)
Samogitian: marcėpans m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: марцѝпа̄н m

Roman: marcìpān (sh) m
Sicilian: marzapani (scn) m, mazzapani (scn) m, marzipani (scn) m
Slovene: marcipan (sl) m
Spanish: mazapán (es) m
Swedish: marsipan (sv) c
Tagalog: marsapan
Turkish: masapan, marzipan
Uzbek: marsipan
Welsh: marsipán m
West Flemish: marseping n

Verb

marzipan (third-person singular simple present marzipans, present participle marzipanning, simple past and past participle marzipanned)

(transitive) To cover with marzipan.
a marzipanned cake

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