How to pronounce marzipan
American English pronunciation
MAR-zuh-pahn
- IPA
- /ˈmɑɹzəˌpɑn/
- Syllables
- MAR · zuh · pahn (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What marzipan means
A sweet almond paste shaped into candies or rolled over cakes
In a sentence: Grandma shaped the marzipan into tiny pink pigs for the top of the cake.
Where it comes from: It came into English from German and Italian. It is believed to come from an Arabic word for a spice box, named after a port in Burma known for spices.
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