margarita

== English == === Alternative forms === Margarita === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish margarita. Doublet of Margaret (and various forms, q.v.), margarite, Margherita, and marguerite. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɑː.ɡəˈɹiː.tə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmɑɹ.ɡəˈɹi.tə/ Rhymes: -iːtə === Noun === margarita (countable and uncountable, plural margaritas) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== marg (colloquial) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== margarine ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === margarita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mar.ɡaˈri.ta/ Rhymes: -ita 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) (archaic) alternative form of margherita 1307, Dante Alighieri, Convivio, R. Ricciardi (1995), Capitolo XXX, p. 884: === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Spanish margarita, from Latin margarīta. ==== Noun ==== margarita m margarita (cocktail) == Latin == === Alternative forms === margarītum === Etymology === Derived from Ancient Greek μαργᾰρῑ́της (margărī́tēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mar.ɡaˈriː.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mar.ɡaˈriː.ta] === Noun === margarīta f (genitive margarītae); first declension pearl a term of endearment ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (pearl): perula (Medieval Latin) ==== Derived terms ==== margarītārius margarītātus margarītifer ==== Related terms ==== margarītion margarītum ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: margarida French: marguerite→ English: marguerite → Slovak: margaréta Italian: margherita, margarita Old French: meregrot → Middle English: margaret Portuguese: margarida Spanish: margarita → English: margarita → Italian: margarita → Tagalog: margarita → Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌿𐍃 (marikreitus) → Proto-West Germanic: *marigreutō (see there for further descendants) Margarita, Margareta: Catalan: Margarida Galician: Margarida Italian: Margherita→ English: Margherita, margherita Old French: Margaret French: Marguerite→ English: Marguerite Norman: Marguerite → English: Margaret Portuguese: Margarida Spanish: Margarita→ English: Margarita → English: Margarita → German: Margarete, Margarethe → Latvian: Margarita → Norwegian: Margareta → Slovak: Margaréta → Swedish: Margareta, Margaretha === 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, 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. == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin margarīta, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maɾɡaˈɾita/ [maɾ.ɣ̞aˈɾi.t̪a] Rhymes: -ita Syllabification: mar‧ga‧ri‧ta === Noun === margarita f (plural margaritas) (flower) daisy Synonyms: margarita común, chiribita pearl Synonym: perla ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Tagalog: margarita === Noun === margarita f or m (plural margaritas) margarita (cocktail) ==== Descendants ==== → English: margarita → Italian: margarita === Further reading === “margarita”, 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 == Swedish == === Noun === margarita c margarita (cocktail) == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish margarita, from Latin margarīta, from Ancient Greek μαργᾰρῑ́της (margărī́tēs), possibly from Proto-Iranian *mŕ̥ga-ahri-ita-, from *mr̥gáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /maɾɡaˈɾita/ [mɐɾ.ɡɐˈɾiː.t̪ɐ] Rhymes: -ita Syllabification: mar‧ga‧ri‧ta === Noun === margarita (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜄᜇᜒᜆ) (botany) Clerodendrum calamitosum