margarine

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

margarine

invention of the French pharmacist mège-mouriés (1869), originally an emulsion of beef fat, milk and water named margarine, from the ancient Greek μάργαρον margaron (pearl) and the suffix -ine; this composition has greatly changed: current margarines are based on vegetable oils and fats.

Definitions

chimie

Plural

margarines

Anagram

marginera

Translations

  • germangerman:Margarine
  • englishenglish:margarine
  • spanishspanish:margarina
  • italianitalian:margarina
  • dutchdutch:margarine
  • polishpolish:margaryna
  • portugueseportuguese:margarina
  • russianrussian:маргарин
  • swedishswedish:margarin
  • turkishturkish:margarin

See also

margarines (cn.)