margarita

See also: Margarita

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish margarita. Doublet of Margaret (and various forms, q.v.), margarite, Margherita, and marguerite.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɑː.ɡəˈɹiː.tə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɑɹ.ɡəˈɹi.tə/
  • Rhymes: -iːtə

Noun

margarita (countable and uncountable, plural margaritas)

  1. A cocktail made with tequila, an orange-flavoured liqueur, and lemon or lime juice, often served with salt encrusted on the rim of the glass.
    • 2007 spring, Justine D., “Wanna Battle?”, in Mary H.K. Choi, editor, Missbehave, number 3, Brooklyn, N.Y.: Adrian Moeller, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 1:
      In the summer, he’s posted on the corner with his BMX sipping margarita from a styrofoam cup and in the winter he’s indoors with his PlayStation and blunt.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mar.ɡaˈri.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Hyphenation: mar‧ga‧rì‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin margarīta, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs), from a loanword of Eastern origin.

Noun

margarita f (plural margarite)

  1. (archaic) alternative form of margherita
    • 1307, Dante Alighieri, Convivio, R. Ricciardi (1995), Capitolo XXX, p. 884:
      [...] sì come dice nostro Signore, non si deono le margarite gittare innanzi a li porci, [...]
      [...] as our Lord says, pearls are not to be given to pigs, [...]

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish margarita, from Latin margarīta.

Noun

margarita m

  1. margarita (cocktail)

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).

Pronunciation

Noun

margarīta f (genitive margarītae); first declension

  1. pearl
    • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Apocalypsis [Revelation] 21:21:
      Et duodecim portae duodecim margaritae sunt per singulas et singulae portae erant ex singulis margaritis […]
      And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: […]
  2. a term of endearment

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative margarīta margarītae
genitive margarītae margarītārum
dative margarītae margarītīs
accusative margarītam margarītās
ablative margarītā margarītīs
vocative margarīta margarītae

Synonyms

  • (pearl): perula (Medieval Latin)

Derived terms

Descendants

Margarita, Margareta:

References

  • “margarita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “margarita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "margarita", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • margarita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin margarīta, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɾɡaˈɾita/ [maɾ.ɣ̞aˈɾi.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: mar‧ga‧ri‧ta

Noun

margarita f (plural margaritas)

  1. (flower) daisy
    Synonyms: margarita común, chiribita
  2. pearl
    Synonym: perla

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Descendants

Noun

margarita m (plural margaritas)

  1. margarita (cocktail)

Descendants

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

margarita c

  1. margarita (cocktail)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish margarita (“daisy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maɾɡaˈɾita/ [mɐɾ.ɡɐˈɾiː.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: mar‧ga‧ri‧ta

Noun

margarita (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜄᜇᜒᜆ) (botany)

  1. Clerodendrum calamitosum
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