transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌmer-ə-ˈskē-(ˌ)nō, -ˈshē-, ˌma-rə- ]
noun
( plural -nos )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Italian, from marasca bitter wild cherry, alteration of amarasca, from amaro bitter — more at amaretto
Date: 1770
1. : a sweet liqueur distilled from the fermented juice of a bitter wild cherry
2. : a usually large cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino