marinade
/ˌmɛɹɪˈneɪd/noun, verb
marinade is spelled M-A-R-I-N-A-D-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, marinade means “A seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of marinade is marinades.
How many letters and syllables are in marinade?
| Letters | 8: M-A-R-I-N-A-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is marinade?
Marinade appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce marinade?
- UK /ˌmaɹɪˈneɪd/
- UK /ˌmaɹəˈneɪd/
- US /ˌmɛɹɪˈneɪd/
Marinade has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-marinade.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with marinade?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as marinade from its last stressed vowel (/eɪd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of marinade
- marinades plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- marinading participle, present
- marinaded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does marinade mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.
I like to use a lemon marinade with chicken.
verb
- 1
To marinate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Marinade in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense liquid mixture:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does marinade come from?
Borrowed from French marinade. By surface analysis, marine + -ade.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).