|
Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
marzipan
mar·zi·pan [marzipan marzipans marzipanned marzipanning] BrE [ˈmɑːzɪpæn] BrE [ˌmɑːzɪˈpæn] NAmE [ˈmɑːrtsəpæn] NAmE [ˈmɑːrzəpæn] noun uncountable
a sweet firm substance, sometimes with yellow colour added, made from ↑almonds, sugar and eggs and used to make sweets/candy and to cover cakes
Word Origin:
late 15th cent. (as marchpane): from Italian marzapane, perhaps from Arabic. The form marchpane (influenced by ↑March and obsolete pain ‘bread’) was more usual until the late 19th cent., when marzipan (influenced by German Marzipan) displaced it.
|
|
|
Related search result for "marzipan"
|
|
