marzipan

See also Marzipan

English

Etymology

German Marzipan, earlier marcipan, a misinterpretation of Italian marzapane (as if from Latin Marci panis "Mark's bread"), now thought originally to come from Martaban (မုတ္ထမ), a Burmese port known for its spice exports.

Noun

marzipan (plural marzipans)

1. A confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white.

Synonyms

• marchpane (obsolete)

Translations

confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white

• Catalan: massapà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 杏仁蛋白糖 (cmn) (xìngrén dànbái táng), 杏仁膏 (cmn) (xìngréngāo)

• Czech: marcipán (cs) m
• Danish: marcipan (da) c
• Dutch: marsepein (nl) m
• Finnish: marsipaani (fi)
• French: massepain (fr) m, pâte d'amandes (fr) f
• Galician: mazapán (gl) m
• German: Marzipan (de) n
• Greek: αμυγδαλόπαστα (el) (amygdalópasta) n pl 
• Hebrew: מרציפן (he) (martsipán) m
• Italian: marzapane (it) m

• Japanese: マルチパン (ja) (maruchipan)
• Korean: 마지팬 (ko) (majipaen)
• Macedonian: марципан (mk) (marcipán) m
• Norwegian: marsipan (no) m
• Polish: marcepan (pl) m
• Portuguese: marzipã (pt) m
• Romanian: marțipan (ro) m
• Russian: марципан (ru) (marcipán) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: марципан (sh)

  Roman: marcipan (sh)

• Spanish: mazapán (es) m
• Swedish: marsipan (sv) c

Derived terms

• marzipan layer

See also

• Christmas cake
• Simnel cake

External links

• Marzipan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia