marron glacé

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French marron glacé (literally iced chestnut).

Pronunciation

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

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Alternative forms

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

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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

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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)