margarine
English
/ˈmɑɹ.dʒə.ɹɪn/, /ˈmɑː.dʒə.ɹɪn/
noun
Definitions
- A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.
- (dated) The solid ingredient of human fat, olive oil, etc.
Etymology
Borrowed from French margarine (margarin, margarine) derived from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (pearl, a pearl).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μαργαρίτης
Gloss
pearl, a pearl
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antimargarine English
- margarined English
- margarineless English
- margarinelike English
- margariney English
- oleomargarine English
- Margarita Latin
- margarita Latin
- margarīta Latin
- Margarine German
- margarina Italian
- margarine Dutch, Flemish
- margarine French
- margarina Spanish, Castilian
- μάργαρον Ancient Greek
- μαργαρίτης Ancient Greek
- margarin Norwegian Bokmål
- margarina Portuguese
- margarin Swedish
- マーガリン Japanese
- margaryna Polish
- margarin Norwegian Nynorsk
- margarín Czech
- margarina Catalan, Valencian
- մարգարիտ Old Armenian
- margarin Turkish
- 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- მარგარინი Georgian
- 瑪琪琳 Chinese
- 馬芝蓮 Chinese
- 마가린 Korean
- מרגניתא Aramaic
- ܡܪܰܓܳܢ Classical Syriac