marmalade

noun

mar·​ma·​lade ˈmär-mə-ˌlād 

: a clear sweetened jelly in which pieces of fruit and fruit rind are suspended

Examples of marmalade in a Sentence

a jar of orange marmalade

Recent Examples on the Web

Others, like Umai or Lismore Castle, speak quietly but powerfully, weaving memoir into miso and marmalade. —Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 3 July 2025

For the past six years, Pablo Lugones, the owner of Small Batch Jam Company in Pacifica, has been selling a limited-edition loquat jam among his other unique fruit jams, jellies and marmalades. —Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025

Hot dogs piled with warm bacon marmalade, spicy cabbage and yuzu cream cheese. —Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025

The flavors were strawberry, Bulgarian rose & pink peppercorn, Madagascan vanilla with a bergamot marmalade swirl, and pear and ginger. —Mahoro Seward, Vogue, 30 June 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English marmelat quince conserve, Portuguese marmelada, from marmelo quince, from Latin melimelum, a sweet apple, from Greek melimēlon, from meli honey + mēlon apple — more at mellifluous

First Known Use

circa 1676, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for marmalade

• accolade
• ambuscade
• antegrade
• balustrade
• barricade
• cannonade
• cavalcade
• centigrade
• chambermaid
• colonnade
• countertrade
• disobeyed

Kids Definition

marmalade

noun

mar·​ma·​lade ˈmär-mə-ˌlād 

: a clear jelly containing pieces of fruit and fruit rind

orange marmalade

Etymology

from Portuguese marmelada "jelly made from quince," from marmelo "quince," from Latin melimelum "sweet apple," from Greek melimēlon (same meaning), from meli "honey" and mēlon "apple"

Word Origin

Many of us have eaten orange marmalade, but marmalade can be made from any of several fruits. The Portuguese made such a jelly from the quince, a fruit that looks a bit like a yellow apple. The Portuguese word for the quince is marmelo, which is based on the Latin word melimelum, meaning "a sweet apple." The Portuguese called the jelly they made from the quince marmelada. English borrowed this word as marmalade.