Meanings
plural marrons glacés · alternative marron glace
- countableuncountableA chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla.
MARRON SANDWICH: Cut the bread in rounds with a biscuit cutter; put a marron glace in the center and around it whipped cream that has sweetened and flavored. Nice for afternoon luncheon.
1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 156 - uncountableThe colour of such a chestnut; a light brown.
Eyeshadow in Marron Glacé; Eye Liner in Dusky Brown.
1994 May, Mademoiselle, volume 100, page 1621 more example
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.
2011, Helen DeWitt, Lightning Rods, And Other Stories 2013, p. 188
Origin
- Frenchmarron glacé
- Englishmarron glacé
Borrowed from French marron glacé (literally “iced chestnut”).
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Arabic مَارُون جْلَاسِيه, مَارُون غْلَاسِيه
- مَارُون جْلَاسِيه (mārūn jlāsīh)chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
- مَارُون غْلَاسِيه (mārūn ḡlāsīh)chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Catalan marron glacé, marron-glacé
- marron glacéchestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
- marron-glacéchestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Chinese Mandarin 糖漬栗子 /糖渍栗子
- 糖漬栗子 /糖渍栗子 (tángzì lìzi)chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Czech kandovaný kaštan, marron glacé
- kandovaný kaštanchestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
- marron glacéchestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Finnish sokerikuorrutettu kastanja
- sokerikuorrutettu kastanjachestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
French marron glacé
- marron glacéchestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
German glasierte Marone
- glasierte Maronechestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Greek μαρόν γλασέ
- μαρόν γλασέ (marón glasé)chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Hungarian sült gesztenye, kandírozott gesztenye
- sült gesztenyechestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
- kandírozott gesztenyechestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
- cukrozott gesztenyechestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Italian marron glacé
- marron glacéchestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Japanese マロングラッセ
- マロングラッセ (maron gurasse)chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Korean 마롱 글라세
- 마롱 글라세 (marong geullase)chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Polish kandyzowany kasztan
- kandyzowany kasztanchestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Portuguese marron-glacé, castanha glaçada
- marron-glacéchestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
- castanha glaçadachestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Russian маро́н гласе́, марро́н гласе́
- маро́н гласе́ (marón glasé)chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
- марро́н гласе́ (marrón glasé)chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Spanish marron glacé, castaña confitada
- marron glacéchestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
- castaña confitadachestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Swedish kanderad kastanj
- kanderad kastanjchestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Turkish kestane şekeri
- kestane şekerichestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla
Rhymes & wordplay
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