Phrase guide

marron glacé

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌmaɹɒ̃ ˈɡlaseɪ/
  • US: /məˌɹɑn ɡləˈseɪ/
  • rhymes with -eɪ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The colour of such a chestnut; a light brown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French marron glacé (literally “iced chestnut”).

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَارُون جْلَاسِيه (mārūn jlāsīh) — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Arabic: مَارُون غْلَاسِيه (mārūn ḡlāsīh) — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Asturian: marron glacé — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Asturian: castaña confitada — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Catalan: marron glacé — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Catalan: marron-glacé — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糖漬栗子 /糖渍栗子 (tángzì lìzi) — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Czech: kandovaný kaštan — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Czech: marron glacé — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Finnish: sokerikuorrutettu kastanja — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • French: marron glacé — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Galician: marron glacé — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Galician: castaña confeitada — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • German: glasierte Marone — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Greek: μαρόν γλασέ (marón glasé) — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Hungarian: sült gesztenye — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Hungarian: kandírozott gesztenye — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Hungarian: cukrozott gesztenye — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Italian: marron glacé — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Japanese: マロングラッセ (maron gurasse) — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Korean: 마롱 글라세 (marong geullase) — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Northern Kurdish: şekirê şambelotan — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Polish: kandyzowany kasztan — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Portuguese: marron-glacé — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Portuguese: castanha glaçada — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Russian: маро́н гласе́ (marón glasé) — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Russian: марро́н гласе́ (marrón glasé) — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Spanish: marron glacé — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Spanish: castaña confitada — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Swedish: kanderad kastanj — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
  • Turkish: kestane şekeri — chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla