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marchpane

march·pane
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mahrch-peyn]
    • /ˈmɑrtʃˌpeɪn/
    • /ˈmɑːʧpeɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mahrch-peyn]
    • /ˈmɑrtʃˌpeɪn/

Definitions of marchpane word

  • abbreviation MARCHPANE marzipan. 1
  • noun marchpane (obsolete) marzipan. 1
  • abbreviation MARCHPANE marzipan 0

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Origin of marchpane

First appearance:

before 1485
One of the 25% oldest English words
1485-95; < French, dialectal variant of massepain, marcepain < Italian marzapane, orig. sugar-candy box, perhaps < Arabic mawthabān a seated king

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Parts of speech for Marchpane

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

marchpane popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

marchpane usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with marchpane

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