marmalade
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marmalade
- /ˈmɑː.mə.leɪd/ UK
- /ˈmɑɹ.mə.leɪd/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French marmelade, from Portuguese marmelada (“quince jam”), from marmelo (“quince”), from Latin melimēlum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon, from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”)). A false folk etymology claims that this comes from the French phrase “Marie est malade” (“Mary is ill”), referring to Mary, Queen of Scots, falling ill and being given marmalade to feel better.
noun marmalades
- A kind of jam made with citrus fruit, distinguished by being made slightly bitter by the addition of the peel and by partial caramelisation during manufacture. Most commonly made with Seville oranges, and usually qualified by the name of the fruit when made with other types of fruit. lime marmalade
- Quince jam.
- A cat having orange- or ginger-colored fur. We breed our marmalades for a modern taste. Gingers can be tiger-striped, splotched, or all one shade in a choice of spicy colors; […]
verb marmalades · marmalading · marmaladed
- To spread marmalade on.
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noun citrus jam
| Español | mermelada |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 마멀레이드 mameolleideu |
| 日本語 | マーマレード māmarēdo |
| 中文 | 橘子果醬 /橘子果酱 júzi guǒjiàng, 果醬 /果酱 guǒjiàng, 果子醬 /果子酱 guǒzijiàng |
| हिन्दी | मुरब्बा murabbā |
| Português | geleia |
| Français | confiture, confiture d'oranges, marmelade d'oranges |
| Deutsch | Marmelade |
| Italiano | marmellata |
| Ελληνικά | μαρμελάδα marmeláda |
| Română | marmeladă |
| Русский | джем džem, пови́дло povídlo, мармела́д marmelád |
| Tiếng Việt | mứt cam |
| العربية | مَرْمَلَاد marmalād |
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title = {marmalade},
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