different between butterine vs margarine

English

Noun

butterine (countable and uncountable, plural butterines)

1. An imitation butter prepared from animal fat with other ingredients.
   • 1894, "Adulteration of Fruit Preserves and Other Foods" by R. C. Kedzie in Twenty-fourth annual report of the secretary of the State Horticultural Society of Michigan

     If a man sells you anything as good as what you ask for, but yet entirely different, are you cheated? […] [A] man may say his butterine is as pure and wholesome as genuine butter, and therefore why not sell it as butter?

References

• butterine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• intertube, turbiteen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French margarine, from acide margarique (“margaric acid”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (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.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m??.d??.??n/, /?m??.d????in/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??.d??.??n/, /?m??.d????i?n/, /?m??.????i?n/

Noun

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.
2. (dated) The solid ingredient of human fat, olive oil, etc.

Synonyms

• marg/marge (colloquial)

Related terms

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

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (m?garin)
• ? Korean: ??? (magarin)

Translations

Further reading

• margarine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?r.?a??ri.n?/
• Hyphenation: mar?ga?ri?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

margarine f (plural margarines)

1. margarine

French

Etymology

From acide margarique (“margaric acid”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (márgaron, “pearl”) with the suffix -ine, influenced by glycérine. French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul named margaric acid after its pearl-like crystallization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?.?a.?in/

Noun

margarine f (plural margarines)

1. margarine

Descendants

Further reading

• “margarine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

margarine f pl

1. plural of margarina

Anagrams

• marginare
• marginerà
• rimangerà