margherita

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English

Noun

margherita (plural margheritas)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Margherita
    • 2015 October 20, Pete Wells, “Restaurant Review: Bruno in the East Village”, in New York Times:
      Their nearest approach to a classic pie is their margherita, with a sauce that incorporates sweet, juicy garlic and some fermented tomatoes.

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier margarita, from Latin margarīta, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs), from a loanword of Eastern origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mar.ɡeˈri.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Hyphenation: mar‧ghe‧rì‧ta

Noun

margherita f (plural margherite)

  1. (obsolete) pearl
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXII, p. 401, vv. 28-30:
      [...] e la maggiore e la più luculenta ¶ di quelle margherite innanzi fessi, ¶ per far di sé la mia voglia contenta.
      and now the largest and most luculent ¶ among those pearls came forward, that it might ¶ make my desire concerning it content.
  2. daisy

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

margherita c

  1. A margherita pizza