Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A confection made from a paste of almonds, sugar and egg white as a binder.

    Marzipan

    марципа́нmarcipán

    almond paste and egg whites

  2. (uncountable, usually)A similar confection made using another nut, such as peanut or hazelnut.

  3. (countable, usually)A piece of such a confection.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. I read that marzipan contains carcinogens.

    ruЯ читал, что марципан содержит канцерогены. — marafon

    deIch habe gelesen, Marzipan enthielte Karzinogene. — MUIRIEL

  2. Lübeck is famous for its marzipan.

    deLübeck ist berühmt für sein Marzipan. — Luiaard

  3. And the night can't end without trying some marzipan.

    ruИ вечер не может закончиться без того, чтобы попробовать марципана. — Ooneykcall

  4. Roses are indeed useful flowers, especially when they consist of marzipan.

    deRosen sind wirklich nützliche Blumen, erst recht, wenn sie aus Marzipan sind. — MUIRIEL

  5. Marzipan pigs do not grunt.

    deMarzipanschweine grunzen nicht. — raggione

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white:

Origin

Borrowed from German Marzipan, from Italian marzapane, Venetan marzapane. Believed to be,

Borrowed from German Marzipan, from Italian marzapane, Venetan marzapane. Believed to be, with influence from pane (“bread”), derived from Arabic مَرْطَبَان (marṭabān, “spice box”) which comes from the name of a Burmese port known for its spice exports, Martaban, now called in Burmese မုတ္ထမ (muthta.ma.).

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Forms

plural: marzipans
Singularmarzipan
Pluralmarzipans

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • almond paste and egg whites:marchpane

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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