# margarita
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish margarita. Doublet of Margaret (and various forms, q.v.), margarite, Margherita, and marguerite.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌmɑː.ɡəˈɹiː.tə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˌmɑɹ.ɡəˈɹi.tə/
* Rhymes: -iːtə

### Noun

margarita (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

* beergarita
* blueberrita
* cranberrita
* kiwirita
* lagerita
* mangorita
* margatini
* raspberrita
* seltzerita
* strawberrita

#### Related terms

* margarine

#### Translations
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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:
    [...] sì come dice nostro Signore, non si deono le margarite gittare innanzi a li porci, [...][...] as our Lord says, pearls are not to be given to pigs, [...]

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish margarita, from Latin margarīta.

#### Noun

margarita m
* margarita (cocktail)

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* margarītum

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /mar.ɡaˈriː.ta/, [märɡäˈriːt̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /mar.ɡaˈri.ta/, [märɡäˈriːt̪ä]

### Noun

margarīta f (genitive margarītae); first declension
* pearl
** Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Apocalypsis [Revelation] 21:21:Et duodecim portae duodecim margaritae sunt per singulas et singulae portae erant ex singulis margaritis […]And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: […]
* a term of endearment

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Synonyms

* (pearl): perula (Medieval Latin)

#### Derived terms

* margarītārius
* margarītātus
* margarītifer

#### Related terms

* margarītion
* margarītum

#### Descendants

* 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’s 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: /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

* dar margaritas a los cerdos
* margarita común

#### Descendants

* → Tagalog: margarita

### Noun

margarita 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

margarita c
* margarita (cocktail)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish margarita (“daisy”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /maɾɡaˈɾita/ [mɐɾ.ɡɐˈɾiː.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ita
* Syllabification: mar‧ga‧ri‧ta

### Noun

margarita (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜇ᜔ᜄᜇᜒᜆ) (botany)
* Clerodendrum calamitosum