margarine

Borrowed from French margarine, from acide margarique (“margaric acid”), from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”), in allusion to its pearly lustre, with the suffix -ine, influenced by glycérine (“glycerine”). French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul named margaric acid after its pearl-like crystallization.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒə.ɹɪn/, /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒəˌɹin/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑː.d͡ʒəˈɹiːn/, /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒə.ɹɪn/, (dated) /ˌmɑː.ɡəˈɹiːn/

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• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.ɡɐ.ɾɪn/
• The reasons why ⟨-g-⟩ is pronounced as /dʒ/ remain unclear.

margarine (usually uncountable, plural margarines)

2. A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.
3. (dated) The solid ingredient of human fat, olive oil, etc.

• marg/marge (colloquial)
• oleomargarine

• Margaret (and various forms, q.v.)
• margarita
• margarite
• marguerite

• → Japanese: マーガリン (māgarin)
• → Korean: 마가린 (magarin)
• → Tagalog: margarin

margarine (third-person singular simple present margarines, present participle margarining, simple past and past participle margarined)

1. (transitive) To spread or cover (something) with margarine.

   Synonym: (informal) marge

   • 1952 May 15, “Pretty Hostess Adds Finishing Touch”, in C[harles] L[ee] Blanton, Jr., editor, Daily Sikeston Standard, volume 40, number 200, Sikeston, Mo.: Sikeston Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:

     Putting the finishing touches on her party dinner, this attractive hostess does the last minute job of margarining her rolls to serve piping hot to her guests.

   • 1993, Helen Dunmore, chapter 16, in Zennor in Darkness, London: Penguin Books, published 1994, →ISBN, page 190:

     She is margarining a slice of bread, rubbing the grease carefully into the crumb.

   • 1998, Andrea Ashworth, chapter 9, in Once in a House on Fire, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 135:

     Now that she was back in the land of the living, she took to margarining our toast again.

   • 2014, Judith Felsenfeld, “The Fugitive”, in Blaustein’s Kiss: Stories, Rhinebeck, N.Y.: Epigraph Publishing Service, →ISBN, pages 123–124:

     He has been totally occupied since we sat down, margarining every inch of his roll, likewise his baked potato, salting down everything in sight.

• margarine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From French margarine, from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron).

• IPA^(key): [mɑɡəˈʁiːnə], [mɑɡɑˈʁiːnə]
• Rhymes: -iːnə
• Hyphenation: mar‧ga‧ri‧ne

margarine c (singular definite margarinen, plural indefinite margariner)

1. margarine

• “margarine” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from French margarine, from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”) with the suffix -ine.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑr.ɣaːˈri.nə/

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• Hyphenation: mar‧ga‧ri‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

margarine f (plural margarines)

1. margarine

• → Indonesian: margarin

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.

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.ɡa.ʁin/

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margarine f (plural margarines)

1. margarine

• “margarine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

margarine f pl

1. plural of margarina

• marginare, marginerà, ramingare, rimangerà