botter

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑtɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒtə/ Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From bot +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== botter (plural botters) (Internet) One who operates a bot (automated software process). ===== See also ===== botherder botmaster === Etymology 2 === From bottom (“backside”). ==== Noun ==== botter (plural botters) (slang, childish) A homosexual man. ===== References ===== Tony Thorne (2014), “botter”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London; […]: Bloomsbury === Anagrams === bettor == Afrikaans == === Alternative forms === boter === Etymology === From a dialectal variant of Dutch boter, from Middle Dutch bōter, from Old Dutch *butera, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.tər/ === Noun === botter (plural botters, diminutive bottertjie) (uncountable) butter; a soft, fatty foodstuff made from the cream of milk butter type (chemistry, dated) butter; any specific soft substance ==== Derived terms ==== bebotter kookbotter plaasbotter === Verb === botter (present botter, present participle botterende, past participle gebotter) to butter; to spread butter == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.tər/ === Etymology 1 === Uncertain. Perhaps an action noun from bot (“flounder”) +‎ -er after a type of fish fished for with the vessel, or from bot (“blunt”) from the characteristic shape of its bow. ==== Noun ==== botter m (plural botters, diminutive bottertje n) a type of Dutch fishing vessel with a characteristic hull === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== botter comparative degree of bot == French == === Etymology === From botte (“boot”) +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔ.te/ === Verb === botter to kick (slang) to please, to like Synonym: plaire ==== Usage notes ==== In the sense please it functions syntactically like plaire, viz. it takes an indirect object and may be translated into English as like, exchanging the subject and object. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== botter en touche botter le cul botter les fesses === Further reading === “botter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === botte (“boot”) +‎ -er === Verb === botter (Jersey) to boot