margarita

See also: Margarita

English

A margarita.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑː.ɡəɹˈiː.tə/
• IPA^(key): /ˌmɑɹ.ɡəˈɹi.tə/
• Rhymes: -iːtə

Noun

margarita (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.

Derived terms

• beergarita
• margatini

 

Translations

cocktail with tequila, orange liqueur, and lime

• American Sign Language: M@RadialHand-PalmDown-S@CenterChesthigh-PalmBack RoundSurface
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑪格麗塔／玛格丽塔, 玛格丽塔 (mǎgélìtǎ)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Margarita
• Japanese: マルガリータ (ja) (marugarīta)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.ɡaˈri.ta/, [mär̺ɡäˈr̺iːt̪ä]
• 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 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)

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Latin

margarītae (pearls)

Alternative forms

• margarītum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mar.ɡaˈriː.ta/, [märɡäˈriːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mar.ɡaˈri.ta/, [märɡäˈriːt̪ä]

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

• margarītārius
• margarītātus
• margarītifer

Related terms

• margarītion
• margarītum

Descendants

• English: margarita
• Italian: margherita
• Old English: meregrot
• Old High German: merigrioz
• Old Saxon: merigrita, merigriota
• Portuguese: margarida
• Spanish: margarita

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.

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾɡaˈɾita/ [maɾ.ɣ̞aˈɾi.t̪a]

Noun

margarita f (plural margaritas)

1. (flower) daisy

   Synonyms: margarita común, chiribita

2. margarita (cocktail)
3. pearl

   Synonym: perla

Derived terms

• margarita común

External links

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish margarita (“daisy”)

Alternative forms

• bignay

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mar‧ga‧ri‧ta

Noun

margarita

1. A daisy, especially the oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)