margarine
French, noun/maʁ.ɡa.ʁin/
margarine is spelled M-A-R-G-A-R-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Margarine is a French feminine noun meaning “margarine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Matière grasse alimentaire composée de graisses et d’huiles (hydrogénées ou non) dispersées dans de l’eau”.
What does margarine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemargarine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Matière grasse alimentaire composée de graisses et d’huiles (hydrogénées ou non) dispersées dans de l’eau. 2. Corps d’une couleur nacrée que l’on trouve dans le suif de mouton, dans l’axonge et dans quelques autres graisses animales.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of margarine
- margarines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce margarine?
- /maʁ.ɡa.ʁin/
- \maʁ.ɡa.ʁin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to margarine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is margarine in French?
margarine appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).