almond paste

English

cookies made from almond paste

Noun

almond paste (uncountable)

A type of confection made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities, bound with some syrup or other similar substance in order to form a paste.

Usage notes

Often erroneously used as a synonym of marzipan, though the two terms refer to two somewhat different preparations.

Coordinate terms

marzipan

Translations

paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities

Arabic: مَعْجُون لَوْز m (maʕjūn lawz)
Azerbaijani: badam xəmiri, badam əzməsi
Catalan: pasta d'ametlla f, pasta d'ametla f
Dutch: amandelspijs (nl) f or m, spijs (nl) f or m, amandelpers (nl) f or m
Estonian: mandlimass
Finnish: mantelimassa (fi)
French: pâte d’amande (fr) f
German: Mandelmasse f, Marzipanmasse f, Marzipanrohmasse f
Greek: αμυγδαλωτό (el) n (amygdalotó)
Hebrew: בְּצֵק שְׁקֵדִים m (b'tzek shkedím)
Italian: pasta di mandorle f, pasta reale f
Japanese: アーモンドペースト (āmondopēsuto)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: şekirê behîvan
Latin: amygdalīna pasta f
Norwegian: mandelmasse m
Persian: خمیر بادام (xamir bâdâm)
Polish: pasta migdałowa f
Portuguese: massa de amêndoa f
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Sicilian: pasta riali (scn) f, pasta di mènnula f
Spanish: pasta de almendra f
Swedish: mandelmassa (sv) c
Turkish: bademezmesi (tr), badem ezmesi (tr)

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