marzipan
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marzipan
- /ˌmɑːzɪˈpæn/ UK
- /ˈmɑːzɪpæn/ UK
- /ˈmɑɹzəpæn/ US
- /ˈmɑɹtsəpɑn/ US
- /ˈmɑɹtsəpæn/ US
Rhymes with -æn
Where it comes from
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.).
noun marzipans · marchpane
- A confection made from a paste of almonds, sugar and egg white as a binder.
- A similar confection made using another nut, such as peanut or hazelnut. Place the hazelnuts on a baking sheet and grill […] then grind finely […] then add the caster sugar and ground hazelnuts [to egg whites] and mix to a stiff marzipan paste. Sandwich the pecan nuts together in pairs with a little of the hazelnut marzipan.
- A piece of such a confection. One afternoon not long afterwards you waited byher bedside as she swam through anesthetic. A box of cherry chocolates and a dozen roses in your lap. Cherry chocolates and chocolate-covered marzipans. Then you drove her home. Chocolate-covered marzipans being her favorite.
verb marzipans · marzipanning · marzipanned · marchpane
- To cover with marzipan. a marzipanned cake
Translations
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noun confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
| Español | mazapán |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 마지팬 majipaen |
| 日本語 | マルチパン maruchipan, マジパン majipan |
| 中文 | 杏仁蛋白糖 xìngrén dànbái táng, 杏仁膏 xìngréngāo, 杏仁糖膏 xìngrén tánggāo, 杏仁糖 xìngréntáng, 杏仁糖衣 xìngrén tángyī |
| Português | marzipã, maçapão |
| Français | massepain |
| Deutsch | Marzipan |
| Italiano | marzapane |
| Ελληνικά | αμυγδαλόπαστα amygdalópasta, μάρτσιπαν mártsipan |
| Română | marțipan |
| Русский | марципа́н marcipán |
| العربية | مَرْصَبَان marṣabān |
| עברית | מַרְצִיפָּן martzipán |
Talk about this word "marzipan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/marzipan. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. marzipan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/marzipan "marzipan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/marzipan.Cite this
@misc{marzipan_2026,
title = {marzipan},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marzipan},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
