marmalade
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French marmelade, from Portuguese marmelada (“quince jam”), from marmelo (“quince”), from Latin melimēlum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) +
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.mə.leɪd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹ.mə.leɪd/
- Hyphenation: mar‧ma‧lade
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]marmalade (countable and uncountable, plural marmalades)
- A kind of jam made with citrus fruit, 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. [from late 15c.]
- lime marmalade
- thick cut marmalade
- (obsolete) quince jam
Hypernyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]citrus jam
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Verb
[edit]marmalade (third-person singular simple present marmalades, present participle marmalading, simple past and past participle marmaladed)
- (transitive) To spread marmalade on.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to spread marmalade on
References
[edit]- ^ “Some well-known etymologies are too good to be true”, in The Economist[1], 2023 February 2, retrieved 2023-07-30, Culture
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