Meaning

1 senses

  1. To cover with marzipan.

    a marzipanned cake

Examples

6 sentences

  1. I read that marzipan contains carcinogens.

    ruЯ читал, что марципан содержит канцерогены. — marafon

    deIch habe gelesen, Marzipan enthielte Karzinogene. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Lübeck is famous for its marzipan.

    deLübeck ist berühmt für sein Marzipan. — Luiaard

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

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

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  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

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  5. Marzipan pigs do not grunt.

    deMarzipanschweine grunzen nicht. — raggione

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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

marzipans, marzipanning, marzipanned, marzipanned
Base formmarzipan · to marzipan
3rd person singularmarzipans
Present participlemarzipanning
Past simplemarzipanned
Past participlemarzipanned

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymarzipan
he, she, itmarzipans

Past simpleLesson

all personsmarzipanned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave marzipanned
he, she, ithas marzipanned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill marzipan

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
marvelC2marvellousA2marvellouslymarvelousA2masalamascaramascarpone

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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