Maraschino

Definitions: Maraschino

Maraschino

Noun

1. Distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries.

2. Cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur.

Date "maraschino" was first used: 1791. (references)

Etymology: Maraschino \Ma`ra*schi"no\, noun. [Italian expression, from marasca, amarasca, sour cherry, from Latin expression amarus bitter.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Maraschino

Synonym: maraschino cherry (n). (additional references)

Maraschino is a bittersweet, clear liqueur flavored with Marasca cherries, which are grown in northern Italy (near Trieste), Slovenia and Croatia. It has an almond-like flavor, which comes from the crushed pits of the cherries.

Maraschino liqueur has no connection (other than historical) with so-called maraschino cherries.

Crosswords: Maraschino

English words defined with "maraschino": marasca, marasca cherry, maraschino cherry ♦ Prunus cerasus marasca. (references)

Specialty definitions using "maraschino": BRINE MAKER II. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Maraschino" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (maraschino), Italian (maraschino), Romanian (maraschino).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Maraschino. You know, as in cherry. (Grease; writing credit: Jim Jacobs; Warren Casey)
Movie/TV Titles	Maraschino Cherry (1978)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Maraschino" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Maraschino" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	5	157,705

Expression using "maraschino": maraschino cherry. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "maraschino"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		maraschinokirsche, maraschino. (various references)

Italian		maraschino. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		マネーフロー分析 (kind of bicycle favored by housewives running errands around their neighborhood, mafia, maharaja, Mahatma, mahogany, Mahomet, malaria, Malibu, Mama, management, manager, mannequin, mannequin girl, manometer, maracas, marathon, Maya, mayonnaise, monetarism, money laundering, money market, money-flow analysis, moneymaker, muff, muffin, muffler, scarf). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		マラスキノ . (various references)

Manx		shillish varashcheenagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		araschinomay

Portuguese		marasquino, maracás. (various references)

Romanian		maraschino, lichior de cireşe amare. (various references)

Russian		мараскин. (various references)

Spanish		marrasquino. (various references)

Thai		เหล้ากลั่นจากต้นเชอร์รี่. (various references)

Turkish		kiraz likörü (Kish). (various references)

Ukranian		мараскін. (various references)

Vietnamese		rượu anh đ� o dại (kirsch, kirschwasser). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	amarus. (various references)
Italian	900-Modern	maraschino,. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "maraschino": maraschinos. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Maraschino" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baracchini, marachino, Marcaccio, marischino, Marochnik, Marrancini, Melachrino, Nahashion. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "maraschino" (pronounced ma'ruskē"nō)
4	-k ē" n ō	keno.
3	-ē" n ō	amino, andantino, bambino, cappuccino, casino, Cassino, Chino, fino, ladino, latino, lino, Merino, neutrino, palomino, wino.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: harmonicas.
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-i-m-n-o-r-s"
	-1 letter: anarchism, armonicas, chairmans, harmonica, harmonics, macaronis, marocains, omniarchs.
	-2 letters: archaism, armonica, chairman, charisma, chrismon, harmonic, macaroni, mahonias, maniocas, marocain, minorcas, monarchs, nomarchs, ocarinas, omniarch, shamanic.
	-3 letters: acrasin, acromia, anarchs, anchors, anosmia, anosmic, archons, arnicas, caimans, camions, carinas, chamiso, chamois, charism, chiasma, chimars, chrisma, chrisom, chromas, crimson, harmins, macrons, mahonia, maniacs, manioca, maniocs, marinas, masonic, microns, minorca, mohairs, monarch, narcism, nomarch, oarsman, ocarina, ranchos, sarcoma.
	-4 letters: acinar, acorns, ahimsa, airman, amnios, anarch, anchor, animas, anomic, archon, arnica, aromas, arshin, arsino, ashcan, ashman, ashram, caiman, cairns, camion, camisa, carina, carman, caroms, casino, chains, chairs, charas, charms, chiasm, chimar, chinas, chinos, chirms, chiros, choana, choirs, chrism, chroma, crania, hansom, harmin, ichors, ihrams, inarch, inarms, machos, macons, macron, macros, maniac, manias, manics, manioc, manors, marina, marish, mascon, micron, micros, minors, mochas, mohair, monish, mosaic, nachas, nachos, nairas, narcos, norias, orchis, orcins, rachis, racism, racons, ramson, rancho, ransom, rhinos, romans, scoria, shairn, shaman, shoran, smirch, socman.
	-5 letters: acari, acorn, airns, amahs, amain, amias, amino, amins, amirs, amnia, amnic, amnio, anima, anoas, arias, aroma, arson, cains, cairn, camas, canso, carns, carom, chain, chair, chams, chaos, charm, chars, chasm, chiao, chias, china, chino, chins, chirm, chiro, choir, cions, coins, coirs, comas, coria, corms, corns, crams, crash, haars, hairs, hansa, harms, hoars, horas, horns, ichor, icons, ihram, inarm, irons, maars, macho, machs, macon, macro, mains, mairs, manas, mania, manic, manor, manos, march, marcs, maria, marsh, mason, micas, micra, micro, minas, minor, moans, mocha, moira, monas, moras, morns, nacho, naira, narco, narcs, naric, naris, noirs, nomas, noria, noris, norms, ohias, ohmic, omasa, orach, orcas, orcin, ornis, osmic, racon, raias, rains, ranch, ranis, rhino, roach, roams, roans, roman, rosin, sacra, saran, sarin, schmo, scion, scorn, scram, scrim, sharn, shorn, simar, sonar, sonic.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-i-m-n-o-r-s"
	+1 letter: anachronism, machinators, maraschinos.
	+2 letters: anachronisms.
	+3 letters: aeromechanics, rhabdomancies.
	+4 letters: antimonarchist, cholangiograms, cinematographs, monosaccharide, noncharismatic, phantasmagoric.
	+5 letters: antimonarchists, monosaccharides, pharmacognosies, pharmacognostic.
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