different between margarine vs minarine

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

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From minimum (fat) + margarine or similar?”)

Noun

minarine (countable and uncountable, plural minarines)

1. A form of low-fat margarine.

Anagrams

• Minniear