different between amandine vs almondine

English

Etymology

From French amandine, feminine of amandin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mand?n/

Noun

amandine (countable and uncountable, plural amandines)

1. A cosmetic cream prepared from almonds.
2. The vegetable casein of almonds.

Translations

Adjective

amandine (not comparable)

1. (cooking) Served with almonds.

Anagrams

• de Manian

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.m??.din/

Adjective

amandine

1. feminine singular of amandin

Noun

amandine f (plural amandines)

1. amandine

Descendants

• ? English: amandine

Further reading

• “amandine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???(l)m?ndi?n/, /?ælm?ndi?n/

Etymology 1

almond +? -ine. Sense 2 is modelled on French almondin.

Adjective

almondine (not comparable)

1. (rare) Like or of the almond or almond tree.
2. Garnished with almond slices.

Usage notes

Unlike most English adjectives, almondine typically follows the noun it describes, rather than preceding it.

Synonyms

• amandine

Translations

Etymology 2

See almandine.

Noun

almondine (plural almondines)

1. A gemstone that is either a deep red garnet or a purple spinel.

Alternative forms

• almandine
• almandite

Translations

Anagrams

• denominal, mandoline, melanonid, nonmedial