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mazarine

mazarine noun: a dark blue color.

Noun (1)

mazarine (countable and uncountable, plural mazarines)

  1. A dark blue color.

Adjective (1)

mazarine (not comparable)

  1. Of a dark blue color.

Noun (2)

mazarine (plural mazarines)

  1. A forcemeat entrée.
    • An hour before dinnertime, steam the mazarine in the usual way, and when done, turn it out of the mould on its dish […]1846, Charles Elmé Francatelli, The Modern Cook, page 243

Noun (3)

mazarine (plural mazarines)

  1. The platform beneath the stage in a large theater.

Adjective (2) capitalized: Mazarine

Mazarine (comparative more Mazarine, superlative most Mazarine)

  1. Of or relating to Cardinal Mazarin (Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino; 1602–1661), Italian Catholic cardinal, diplomat, and politician.
    • the Mazarine Library
    • the Mazarine Bible

Forms of mazarine

Noun
pluralmazarines
Adjective
comparativemore Mazarine
superlativemost Mazarine

Origin of mazarine

Perhaps from the name either of Cardinal Mazarin or of the Duchesse de Mazarin, but the Oxford English Dictionary states that the evidence is lacking and that it is not found in French dictionaries.

Of obscure history. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that “Phillips 1706 mentions a phrase à la mazarine (not given by Fr[ench] lexicographers), used to designate a particular mode of dressing fowls, and possibly f[rom] the name of Cardinal Mazarin (died 1662) prime minister of France, or of the Duchesse de Mazarin, who died at Chelsea in 1699.”

Perhaps a corruption of mezzanine.

Words formed from mazarine

Phrases with mazarine

Questions about mazarine

What does mazarine mean?
Mazarine means a dark blue color.
What part of speech is mazarine?
Mazarine can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of mazarine?
The plural of mazarine is mazarines.

Words near mazarine in the dictionary

  1. Mazariego
  2. Mazariegos
  3. Mazarin
  4. mazarinade
  5. mazarinades
  6. mazarine
  7. mazarine blue
  8. mazarine blues
  9. mazarines
  10. mazars
  11. Mazartag

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