almond paste

English

cookies made from almond paste

Noun

almond paste (uncountable)

1. A type of confection made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities, bound with some syrup or other similar substance in order to form a paste.

Usage notes

• Often erroneously used as a synonym of marzipan, though the two terms refer to two somewhat different preparations.

Coordinate terms

• marzipan

Translations

paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities

• Arabic: مَعْجُون لَوْز m (maʕjūn lawz)
• Azerbaijani: badam xəmiri, badam əzməsi
• Catalan: pasta d'ametlla f, pasta d'ametla f
• Dutch: amandelspijs (nl) f or m, spijs (nl) f or m, amandelpers (nl) f or m
• Estonian: mandlimass
• Finnish: mantelimassa (fi)
• French: pâte d’amande (fr) f
• German: Mandelmasse f, Marzipanmasse f, Marzipanrohmasse f
• Greek: αμυγδαλωτό (el) n (amygdalotó)
• Hebrew: בְּצֵק שְׁקֵדִים m (b'tzek shkedím)
• Italian: pasta di mandorle f, pasta reale f
• Japanese: アーモンドペースト (āmondopēsuto)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şekirê behîvan

• Latin: amygdalīna pasta f
• Norwegian: mandelmasse m
• Persian: خمیر بادام (xamir bâdâm)
• Polish: pasta migdałowa f
• Portuguese: massa de amêndoa f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Sicilian: pasta riali (scn) f, pasta di mènnula f
• Spanish: pasta de almendra f
• Swedish: mandelmassa (sv) c
• Turkish: bademezmesi (tr), badem ezmesi (tr)