marguerite

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From French marguerite. Doublet of Margaret (and various forms, q.v.), margarita, margarite, and Margherita, and related to margarine.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɑɹ.ɡəˈɹit/

marguerite (plural marguerites)

1. An oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare).
2. A shrub with daisy-like flowers, Argyranthemum frutescens
3. The China aster.

• margarine

• Margaret

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

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.ɡə.ʁit/

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marguerite f (plural marguerites)

1. (botany) marguerite (Leucanthemum)

   Hypernym: astéracées

   Hyponyms: maguerite commune, marguerite géante

2. (nautical) messenger

• → English: marguerite

• “marguerite” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
• “marguerite” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “marguerite” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
• “marguerite” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “marguerite” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “marguerite” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “marguerite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.