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almond paste

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَعْجُون لَوْز (maʕjūn lawz) — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Azerbaijani: badam xəmiri — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Azerbaijani: badam əzməsi — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Catalan: pasta d'ametlla — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Catalan: pasta d'ametla — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Dutch: amandelspijs — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Dutch: spijs — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Dutch: amandelpers — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Estonian: mandlimass — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Finnish: mantelimassa — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • French: pâte d'amande — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • German: Mandelmasse — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • German: Marzipanmasse — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • German: Marzipanrohmasse — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Greek: αμυγδαλωτό (amygdalotó) — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Hebrew: בְּצֵק שְׁקֵדִים (b'tzek shkedím) — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Hungarian: mandulapaszta — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Italian: pasta di mandorle — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Italian: pasta reale — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Japanese: アーモンドペースト (āmondopēsuto) — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Northern Kurdish: şekirê behîvan — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Latin: amygdalīna pasta — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Norwegian: mandelmasse — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Persian: خمیر بادام (xamir bâdâm) — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Polish: pasta migdałowa — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Portuguese: massa de amêndoa — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Russian: минда́льная па́ста (mindálʹnaja pásta) — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Sicilian: pasta riali — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Sicilian: pasta di mènnula — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Spanish: pasta de almendra — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Swedish: mandelmassa — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Turkish: bademezmesi — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities
  • Turkish: badem ezmesi — paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities