noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌmɑːzɪˈpæn/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmɑːzɪpæn/
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General-American:/ˈmɑɹzəpæn/
General-American:/ˈmɑɹtsəpɑn/
General-American:/ˈmɑɹtsəpæn/
rhymes with -æn
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CMU ARPABET 2:M AA1 R T S AH0 P AA0 N
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CMU ARPABET 3:M AA1 R T S AH0 P AE0 N
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A confection made from a paste of almonds, sugar and egg white as a binder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A similar confection made using another nut, such as peanut or hazelnut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A piece of such a confection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To cover with marzipan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
a marzipanned cake
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
almond paste and egg whites
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marchpane
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: candy, confect
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German Marzipan, from Italian marzapane, Venetan marzapane. Believed to be, with influence from pane (“bread”), derived from Arabic مَرْطَبَان (marṭabān, “spice box”) which comes from the name of a Burmese port known for its spice exports, Martaban, now called in Burmese မုတ္ထမ (muthta.ma.).
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
marzipani
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Arabic:
مَرْصَبَان
(marṣabān)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Armenian:
մարցիպան
(marcʻipan)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Azerbaijani:
marzipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Azerbaijani:
marsipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Azerbaijani:
martsipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Basque:
mazapan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Bulgarian:
марципан
(marcipan)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Catalan:
massapà
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Chinese Cantonese:
杏仁糖
(hang6 jan4 tong4)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Chinese Mandarin:
杏仁蛋白糖
(xìngrén dànbái táng)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Chinese Mandarin:
杏仁膏
(xìngréngāo)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Chinese Mandarin:
杏仁糖膏
(xìngrén tánggāo)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Chinese Mandarin:
杏仁糖
(xìngréntáng)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Chinese Mandarin:
杏仁糖衣
(xìngrén tángyī)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Cornish:
toos alamandys
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Czech:
marcipán
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Danish:
marcipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Dutch:
marsepein
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Esperanto:
marcipano
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Estonian:
martsipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Finnish:
marsipaani
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
French:
massepain
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Galician:
marzapán
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
German:
Marzipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Greek:
αμυγδαλόπαστα
(amygdalópasta)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Greek:
μάρτσιπαν
(mártsipan)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Hebrew:
מַרְצִיפָּן
(martzipán)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Hungarian:
marcipán
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Icelandic:
marsípan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Ido:
marcipano
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Indonesian:
marsepen
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Indonesian:
marzipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Italian:
marzapane
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Japanese:
マルチパン
(maruchipan)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Japanese:
マジパン
(majipan)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Korean:
마지팬
(majipaen)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Ladino:
masapan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Ladino:
mogado (Izmir)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Latin:
Mārtius pānis
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Latin:
mārtipānis
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Latin:
Mārcī pānis
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Latvian:
marcipāns
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Limburgish:
massepae
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Lithuanian:
marcipanas
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Luxembourgish:
Marzipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Macedonian:
марципа́н
(marcipán)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Malay:
marzipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Norwegian:
marsipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Persian:
مارزیپان
(mârzepân)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Polish:
marcepan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Portuguese:
marzipã
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Portuguese:
maçapão
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Romanian:
marțipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Russian:
марципа́н
(marcipán)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Samogitian:
marcėpans
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Serbo-Croatian:
марцѝпа̄н
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Serbo-Croatian:
marcìpān
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Sicilian:
marzapani
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Sicilian:
mazzapani
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Sicilian:
marzipani
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Slovene:
marcipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Spanish:
mazapán
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Swedish:
marsipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Tagalog:
marsapan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Turkish:
masapan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Turkish:
marzipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Uzbek:
marsipan
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Welsh:
marsipán
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
West Flemish:
marseping
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
Yiddish:
מאַרציפּאַן
(martsipan)
— confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
