MARMITE • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Marmite

... her Ranger), and does not want to be a Queen. However, 'L'appetit viendra en mangeant.' He says he does not want luxury and magnificence, has slept in a cot, and he has dismissed the King's cooks, 'renverse la marmite.' He keeps the stud (which is to be diminished) because he thinks he ought to support the turf. He has made Mount Charles a Lord of the Bedchamber, and given the Robes to Sir C. Pole, an admiral. Altogether he seems a ...

— The Greville Memoirs - A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II • Charles C. F. Greville

... premire chambre; elle tait vide, compltement vide. Il n'y avait rien qu'une marmite suspendue dans la chemine. Yvon s'avana et remarqua avec surprise que la marmite contenait une soupe trange qui bouillait. Comme il n'y avait pas de feu sous la marmite, Yvon ...

— Contes et lgendes - 1re Partie • H. A. Guerber