marron glacé
English Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from French marron glacé (literally “iced chestnut”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
marron glacé (plural marrons glacés)
- A chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla.
- 1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 156:
- MARRON SANDWICH: Cut the bread in rounds with a biscuit cutter; put a marron glace in the center and around it whipped cream that has sweetened and flavored. Nice for afternoon luncheon.
- The colour of such a chestnut; a light brown.
- 1994 May, Mademoiselle, volume 100, page 162:
- Eyeshadow in Marron Glacé; Eye Liner in Dusky Brown.
- 2011, Helen DeWitt, Lightning Rods, And Other Stories 2013, p. 188:
- The leather was a dark chestnut, gleaming like oiled wood; her leg, in its filmy Hanes pantyhose, was two shades paler, and her cashmere dress was marron glacé.
Translations Edit
chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
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Catalan Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from French marron glacé (literally “iced chestnut”).
A literal translation would be castanya glaçada.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
marron glacé m (plural marrons glacés)
- marron glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla)
French Edit
Etymology Edit
Literally, “iced chestnut”.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
marron glacé m (plural marrons glacés)
- marron glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla)
Italian Edit
Etymology Edit
Unadapted borrowing from French marron glacé (literally “iced chestnut”).
The French term could be literally translated either as castagna glassata or as marrone glassato.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
marron glacé m (plural marrons glacés)
- marron glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured/flavored with vanilla)
References Edit
- ^ marrons glacés in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)