marinate
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marinate
- /ˈmæɹɪneɪt/
Where it comes from
First attested in 1645; adapted from either French mariner or the earlier attested Italian marinare (“to pickle, marinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Late Latin marina (“brine, salt water”), short for aqua marina (“sea water”), from Latin marinus (“marine, of the sea”), from Latin mare (“the sea”) from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“the sea”).
verb marinates · marinating · marinated
- To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking. You'll get a better flavour from the chicken if you marinate it first.
- To allow a substance to be absorbed into the hair or scalp. oblucy: "vinegar... to marinate the scalp... oil... to lubricate the scalp..."
- Of a substance, to absorb into the hair or scalp. a rejuvenating oil you use to saturate your hair and let it marinate from 15 minutes to 2 hours
- Of ideas or feelings, to mentally develop over time.
- Especially of a haircut, to settle in and for one to get used to it. It's not a bad haircut! You just got to let it marinate!
adjective
- Marinated.
Translations
Every language
verb soak in marinade
| Español | marinar, adobar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | マリネにする marine-ni suru |
| 中文 | 腌泡 yānpào, 腌 yān |
| Português | marinar |
| Français | mariner |
| Deutsch | marinieren |
| Italiano | marinare |
| Русский | маринова́ть marinovátʹ, соли́ть solítʹ, замаринова́ть zamarinovátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | ướp |
Talk about this word "marinate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/marinate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. marinate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/marinate "marinate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/marinate.Cite this
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