Dictionary

marron glacé en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /məˌɹɑn ɡləˈseɪ/ (US)
• /ˌmaɹɒ̃ ˈɡlaseɪ/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A 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:
2. (uncountable) The colour of such a chestnut; a light brown.
   • 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
   • Eyeshadow in Marron Glacé; Eye Liner in Dusky Brown. 1994 May, Mademoiselle, volume 100, page 162:

Forms

Translations (31)

ru маро́н гласе́ (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · cs marron glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · sv kanderad kastanj (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · hu sült gesztenye (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · pl kandyzowany kasztan (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · cmn 糖漬栗子 /糖渍栗子 (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · de glasierte Marone (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · fi sokerikuorrutettu kastanja (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · ca marron glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · ko 마롱 글라세 (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · tr kestane şekeri (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · fr marron glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · cs kandovaný kaštan (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · ru марро́н гласе́ (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · ar مَارُون غْلَاسِيه (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · pt castanha glaçada (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · gl castaña confeitada (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · el μαρόν γλασέ (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · ast marron glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · hu cukrozott gesztenye (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · it marron glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · hu kandírozott gesztenye (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · kmr şekirê şambelotan (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · ar مَارُون جْلَاسِيه (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · ast castaña confitada (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · es marron glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · pt marron-glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · ca marron-glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · es castaña confitada (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · ja マロングラッセ (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla) · gl marron glacé (chestnut preserved in sugar or syrup and flavoured with vanilla)