margarina

See also: margarină

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French margarine (“margarine”), from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mər.ɡəˈɾi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maɾ.ɣaˈɾi.na]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

margarina f (plural margarines)

1. margarine

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French margarine (“margarine”), from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.ɡaˈri.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: mar‧ga‧rì‧na

Noun

margarina f (plural margarine)

1. margarine

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás

Proto-Iranian *mr̥gáhder.

Proto-Iranian *mŕ̥ga-ahri-ita-der.?

Ancient Greek μαργᾰρῑ́της (margărī́tēs)

Ancient Greek μάργᾰρον (márgăron)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Italic *-kos

Latin -cus

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -ique

Middle French -ique

French -ique

French margarique

French (acide) margarique

French -in

French -e

French -ine

French margarinebor.

Portuguese margarina

Borrowed from French margarine (“margarine”), from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁ.ɡaˈɾĩ.nɐ/ [maɦ.ɡaˈɾĩ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁ.ɡaˈɾĩ.nɐ/ [maɦ.ɡaˈɾĩ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾ.ɡaˈɾĩ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁ.ɡaˈɾĩ.nɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /maɻ.ɡaˈɾĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁ.ɡaˈɾi.na/ [maɦ.ɡaˈɾi.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾ.ɡɐˈɾi.nɐ/ [mɐɾ.ɣɐˈɾi.nɐ]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -inɐ
• Hyphenation: mar‧ga‧ri‧na

Noun

margarina f (usually uncountable, plural margarinas)

1. margarine

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Margarin

Further reading

• “margarina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French margarine (“margarine”), from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾɡaˈɾina/ [maɾ.ɣ̞aˈɾi.na]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: mar‧ga‧ri‧na

Noun

margarina f (plural margarinas)

1. margarine

Descendants

• → Tagalog: margarina

Further reading

• “margarina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish margarina, from French margarine (“margarine”), from acide margarique (“margaric acid”), from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”). Doublet of margarin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maɾɡaˈɾina/ [mɐɾ.ɡɐˈɾiː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: mar‧ga‧ri‧na

Noun

margarina (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜄᜇᜒᜈ)

1. margarine

   Synonyms: margarin, oleomargarina

Related terms

• oleomargarina

See also

• mantekilya

Further reading

• “margarina”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “margarina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018