English

Proper noun

Margarita

1. A female given name.

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1210. From Latin Margarita, ultimately from Ancient Greek. Cognate to English Margaret.

Proper noun

Margarita f

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Grēta, Grieta, Margita, Margrieta, Marita, Megija, Meta, Rita

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• Population Register of Latvia: Margarita was the only given name of 3702 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Spanish

Proper noun

Margarita f

1. A female given name, meaning Daisy, cognate to English Margaret.

English

A margarita.

Noun

margarita ‎(plural margaritas)

1. 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.

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.gaˈri.ta/, [mär̺g̟äˈr̺iːt̪ä]
• 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)

1. Archaic 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

Borrowing from Spanish margarita, from Latin margarīta.

Noun

margarita m

1. margarita (cocktail)

Latin

margarītae (pearls)

Alternative forms

• margarītum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης ‎(margarítēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mar.ɡaˈriː.ta/

Noun

margarīta f ‎(genitive margarītae); first declension

1. pearl
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Apocalypsis 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: […]

2. a term of endearment

Declension

First declension.

Derived terms

• margarītārius
• margarītātus
• margarītifer

Related terms

• margarītion
• margarītum

Synonyms

• (pearl): perula (Medieval Latin)

Descendants

• English: margarita
• Italian: margherita
• Old English: meregrot
• Old High German: merigrioz
• Old Saxon: merigrita, merigriota
• Spanish: margarita

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “margarita”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin margarīta, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης ‎(margarítēs).

Noun

margarita f ‎(plural margaritas)

1. (flower) daisy
2. (flower) marigold
3. (cocktail) margarita (cocktail)
4. pearl

Synonyms

• (flower): margarita común, chiribita