marmalade
English
Etymology
French marmelade, from Portuguese marmelada (“quince jam”), from marmelo (“quince”), from Latin melimelum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melimēlon), from μέλι (meli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mēlon, “apple”).
Pronunciation
Noun
marmalade (plural marmalades)
- Citrus fruit variant of jam but 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
- thick cut marmalade
Derived terms
Translations
jam
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Verb
marmalade (third-person singular simple present marmalades, present participle marmalading, simple past and past participle marmaladed)
- (transitive) To spread marmalade on.
Derived terms
- marmalader
- marmalading