marzipan
English
/ˌmɑːzɪˈpæn/, /ˈmɑɹzəpæn/
noun
Definitions
- A confection made from a paste of almonds, sugar and egg white as a binder.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Marzipan derived from Italian marzapane derived from Venetian marzapane derived from Arabic مَرْطَبَان (spice box).
Origin
Arabic
مَرْطَبَان
Gloss
spice box
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- persicus Latin
- Marzipan German
- Marzipankartoffel German
- marcipán Hungarian
- marzapane Italian
- pane Italian
- massepain French
- марципан Russian
- マジパン Japanese
- マルチパン Japanese
- marcepan Polish
- marsipan Norwegian Nynorsk
- marcipan Danish
- marcipán Czech
- مَرْطَبَان Arabic
- marzapán Galician
- မုတ္ထမ Burmese
- מרציפן Hebrew (modern)
- marzapane Venetian
- မိုဟ်တၟံ Mon