butter

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: bŭʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈbʌt.əɹ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌ.tə/, [ˈbɐt.ʰə] (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌ.tɚ/, [ˈbʌ.ɾɚ] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈba.tə/, [ˈba.ɾə] (Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbʌ.tɚ/, [ˈbʌ.ʔɚ] (Northern England, Midlands) IPA(key): /ˈbʊt.ə/ (Local Dublin) IPA(key): /ˈbʊh.ɐ/ Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ) Hyphenation: but‧ter === Etymology 1 === From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”). ==== Noun ==== butter (usually uncountable, plural butters) A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk). Coordinate terms: lard, shortening, fat, drippings, renderings, double cream, curdled cream, clotted cream (cooking) Any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it). Coordinate term: margarine Any of various substances made from other (especially plant-based) oils or fats, used in moisturizers, cosmetics, etc. (obsolete, chemistry) Any specific soft substance. (aviation, slang) A smooth plane landing. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Japanese: バター (batā) → Korean: 빠다 (ppada) (North Korea), 버터 (beoteo) (South Korea) → Sinhalese: බටර් (baṭar) → Zulu: ibhotela ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== butter (third-person singular simple present butters, present participle buttering, simple past and past participle buttered) (transitive) To spread butter on. (skiing, snowboarding) To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow. Similar to applying butter to bread with the end of a knife. To spin on skis or a snowboard using only the tips or tails being in contact with the snow Hyponyms: nosebutter, tailbutter (slang, obsolete, transitive) To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== butyraceous ghee === Etymology 2 === From butt +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== butter (plural butters) Someone or something that butts. Someone or something that butts in; a busybody. === References === == French == === Etymology === From butte. === Pronunciation === === Verb === butter to heap ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “butter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === butter inflection of buttern: first-person singular present singular imperative == Lombard == === Noun === butter butter == Middle English == === Noun === butter alternative form of buter == Swedish == === Adjective === butter (comparative buttrare, superlative buttrast) grumpy ==== Declension ==== === References === butter in Svensk ordbok (SO) butter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) butter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) === Anagrams === brutet, buttre == West Flemish == === Noun === butter ? alternative form of beuter