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marmite¹

  • /ˈmɑːˌmaɪt/ UK
  • /ˈmɑɹˌmaɪt/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French marmite.

noun marmites

  1. A rounded cooking pot of various designs, commonly pot-bellied, with or without tripod, handles, lid etc; originally earthenware but currently more commonly of cast iron or other metals. 1824 Thomas Gill. The Technical Repository p. 180: XXXV: On the French Marmite, or Pot-au-Feu: and on preparing Bouillon with it My little boy having been ill of a fever for forty days, I have learned from his attendant how to make the celebrated soup (bouillon) of Paris: and finding it to be superi

proper noun

  1. proscribed Alternative letter-case form of Marmite Required: […] One tablespoonful of nutril or one small teaspoonful of marmite.

Marmite²

  • /ˈmɑː(ɹ)maɪt/

Where it comes from

From French marmite (“cooking pot”). The common-noun sense derives from an advertising campaign (1996 and onwards) featuring the slogan love it or hate it.

proper noun marmite

  1. Commonwealth A brand of sticky, dark brown, strongly flavored spread based on a yeast extract (a by-product of beer brewing), eaten on toast, in sandwiches, in savory dishes, etc. Peyró has the grace to acknowledge that Marmite isn’t really a sauce before dismissing it as “filth”, and moving on to mint sauce.

noun Marmites · marmite

  1. UK, countable, informal, uncountable Something which people either love or hate. A pink gin is prepared by swirling a few drops of bitters round the glass and throwing any excess away. It's the Marmite of the drinking world.

adjective more Marmite · most Marmite · marmite

  1. UK, informal Divisive, such that one either loves or hates it; polarizing. But that 10% gap between fans and detractors leaves room for an interesting concept: is there something more Marmite than Marmite?

verb Marmites · Marmiting · Marmited · marmite

  1. transitive To apply Marmite to. My toast carefully Marmited, I took a bite and immediately felt as if I’d been hit in the face by an ocean wave, a wave befouled by oil from a sinking tanker, oil that had caused a die-off of marine birds and invertebrates, creatures whose decomposing bodies were adding to the general funkiness that

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@misc{marmite_2026,
  title = {marmite},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marmite},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}