margarine

See also: Margarine

English

Borrowed from French margarine, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”), in allusion to its pearly lustre.

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.dʒə.ɹɪn/, /ˈmɑɹ.dʒəˌɹin/
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(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.dʒə.ɹɪn/, /ˈmɑː.dʒəˌɹiːn/, /ˈmɑː.ɡəˌɹiːn/

margarine (usually uncountable, plural margarines)

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.

spread

Arabic: سَمْن نَبَاتِيّ‎‎ m (samn nabātiyy)
Armenian: մարգարին (hy) (margarin)
Belarusian: маргары́н m (marharýn)
Bulgarian: маргари́н m (margarín)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 植物牛油 (zik⁶ mat⁶ ngau⁴ jau⁴)

Mandarin: 植物黃油, 植物黄油 (zhíwù huángyóu), 人造奶油 (rénzào nǎiyóu), 麥淇淋, 麦淇淋 (màiqílín), 瑪琪琳, 玛琪琳 (mǎqílín), 馬芝蓮, 马芝莲 (mǎzhīlián), 植物牛油 (zhíwù niúyóu)
Czech: margarín (cs)
Dutch: margarine (nl) m
Estonian: margariin
Faroese: margarin n
Finnish: margariini (fi)
French: margarine (fr) f
Georgian: მარგარინი (margarini)
German: Margarine (de) f
Greek: μαργαρίνη (el) f (margaríni)
Hebrew: מַרְגָּרִינָה‎‎ (he) f (margarina)
Hindi: मार्जरीन (mārjarīn)
Hungarian: margarin (hu)
Icelandic: smjörlíki n
Ido: margarino (io)
Irish: buíoc m, margairín m
Italian: margarina (it) f
Japanese: マーガリン (māgarin)
Korean: 마가린 (ko) (magarin)

From acide margarique (“margaric acid”), from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”) with the suffix -ine, influenced by glycérine. French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul named margaric acid after its pearl-like crystallization.

margarine f (plural margarines)

margarine f pl

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