"margarine" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒə.ɹɪn/ [US], /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒəˌɹin/ [US], /ˌmɑː.d͡ʒəˈɹiːn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒə.ɹɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌmɑː.ɡəˈɹiːn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-margarine.ogg [US] Forms: margarines [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|margarine}} French margarine, {{m|fr|acide margarique||margaric acid}} acide margarique (“margaric acid”), {{der|en|grc|μάργαρον|t=pearl}} Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”), {{m|fr|-ine}} -ine, {{m|fr|glycérine||glycerine}} glycérine (“glycerine”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} margarine (usually uncountable, plural margarines)
  1. A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Fats and oils Translations (spread): kunsbotter (Afrikaans), margarien (Afrikaans), margarinë [feminine] (Albanian), سَمْن نَبَاتِيّ (samn nabātiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), مَارْقَرين (mārgarīn) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), سَمن نباتي (samin nabāti) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), մարգարին (margarin) (Armenian), marqarin (Azerbaijani), маргары́н (marharýn) [masculine] (Belarusian), মার্জারিন (marjarin) (Bengali), маргари́н (margarín) [masculine] (Bulgarian), margarina [feminine] (Catalan), 植物牛油 (zik⁶ mat⁶ ngau⁴ jau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 植物黃油 (Chinese Mandarin), 植物黄油 (zhíwù huángyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 人造奶油 (rénzào nǎiyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 麥淇淋 (Chinese Mandarin), 麦淇淋 (màiqílín) (Chinese Mandarin), 瑪琪琳 (Chinese Mandarin), 玛琪琳 (mǎqílín) (Chinese Mandarin), 馬芝蓮 (Chinese Mandarin), 马芝莲 (mǎzhīlián) (Chinese Mandarin), 植物牛油 (zhíwù niúyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), margarín (Czech), margarine [common-gender] (Danish), margarine [masculine] (Dutch), margarino [singular] (Esperanto), margariin (Estonian), margarin [neuter] (Faroese), margariini (Finnish), margarine [feminine] (French), მარგარინი (margarini) (Georgian), Margarine [feminine] (German), μαργαρίνη (margaríni) [feminine] (Greek), מַרְגָּרִינָה (margarina) [feminine] (Hebrew), मार्जरीन (mārjarīn) (Hindi), margarin (Hungarian), Margarin [feminine] (Hunsrik), smjörlíki [neuter] (Icelandic), margarino (Ido), margarin (Indonesian), päähkänävoi (Ingrian), buíoc [masculine] (Irish), margairín [masculine] (Irish), margarina [feminine] (Italian), マーガリン (māgarin) (Japanese), маргарин (margarin) (Kazakh), សេតវនីត (seetaʼvɔniit) (Khmer), 마가린 (magarin) (Korean), маргарин (margarin) (Kyrgyz), ເນີຍໄຂສັດ (nœ̄i khai sat) (Lao), margarīns [masculine] (Latvian), margarinas [masculine] (Lithuanian), маргарин (margarin) [masculine] (Macedonian), marjerin (Malay), pata parau (Maori), māheri (Maori), margarin [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), margarin [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), مارگارین (mârgârin) (Persian), margaryna [feminine] (Polish), margarina [feminine] (Portuguese), margarină [feminine] (Romanian), маргари́н (margarín) [masculine] (Russian), margarain [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), марга̀рӣн [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), margàrīn [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), margarín [masculine] (Slovak), margarina [feminine] (Slovene), margarina [feminine] (Spanish), margarin [neuter] (Swedish), margarina (Tagalog), маргарин (margarin) (Tajik), เนยเทียม (nəəi-tiiam) (Thai), margarin (Turkish), margarin (Turkmen), маргари́н (marharýn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), مارجرین (mārjarīn) (Urdu), margarin (Uzbek), bơ thực vật (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-margarine-en-noun-BwaBIC74 Disambiguation of Fats and oils: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'spread': 100 0
  2. (dated) The solid ingredient of human fat, olive oil, etc. Tags: dated, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-margarine-en-noun-zRBgo02j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: marg [colloquial], marge [colloquial], oleomargarine Related terms: Margaret (alt: and various forms, q.v.), margarita, margarite, marguerite

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      "code": "ky",
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      "roman": "margarin",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "маргарин"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "nœ̄i khai sat",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "ເນີຍໄຂສັດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "margarīns"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "margarinas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "margarin",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "маргарин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "marjerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "pata parau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "māheri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "margarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "margarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mârgârin",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "مارگارین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "margaryna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "margarina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "margarină"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "margarín",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "маргари́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "margarain"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "марга̀рӣн"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "margàrīn"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "margarín"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "margarina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "margarina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "margarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "margarina"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "margarin",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "маргарин"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nəəi-tiiam",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "เนยเทียม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "margarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "margarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "marharýn",
      "sense": "spread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "маргари́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "mārjarīn",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "مارجرین"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "margarin"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "spread",
      "word": "bơ thực vật"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Michel Eugène Chevreul"
  ],
  "word": "margarine"
}

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