marron glacé

English

Alternative forms

  • marron glace

Etymology

Borrowed from French marron glacé (literally iced chestnut).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmaɹɒ̃ ˈɡlaseɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /məˌɹɑn ɡləˈseɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

marron glacé (countable and uncountable, plural marrons glacés)

  1. A chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla.
  2. (uncountable) 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

Catalan

Alternative forms

  • marron-glacé

Etymology

Borrowed from French marron glacé (literally iced chestnut).

A literal translation would be castanya glaçada.

Pronunciation

Noun

marron glacé m (plural marrons glacés)

  1. marron glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla)

French

Etymology

Literally, iced chestnut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ʁɔ̃ ɡla.se/
  • Rhymes: -e

Noun

marron glacé m (plural marrons glacés)

  1. marron glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla)

Italian

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈmar.ron ɡlasˈse/**, /ˈmar.ron ɡlaˈse/**, /ˈma.ron ɡlaˈse/**[1]

Noun

marron glacé m (plural marrons glacés)

  1. marron glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured/flavored with vanilla)

References

  1. marrons glacés in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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