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butter
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: b??t?r, IPA(key): /?b?t??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?t?/, [?b?t??]
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?t?/, [?b???]
- (Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /?b?t?/, [?b???], /?b?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?(?)
- (Northern England, Midlands) IPA(key): /?b?t?/
- Rhymes: -?t?(?)
- Hyphenation: but?ter
Etymology 1
From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buter?, from Latin b?t?rum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (boút?ron, “cow cheese”), compound of ???? (boûs, “ox, cow”) and ????? (t?rós, “cheese”).
Noun
butter (usually uncountable, plural butters)
- A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
- 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).
- (obsolete, chemistry) Any specific soft substance.
- (aviation, slang) A smooth plane landing.
Derived terms
Related terms
- butterfly
- butter-ham
Translations
Verb
butter (third-person singular simple present butters, present participle buttering, simple past and past participle buttered)
- (transitive) To spread butter on.
- 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.
- (slang, obsolete, transitive) To increase (stakes) at every throw of dice, or every game.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- butyraceous
- ghee
Etymology 2
butt +? -er
Noun
butter (plural butters)
- Someone who butts, or who butts in.
- 2005, David E. Fastovsky, David B. Weishampel, The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs (page 156)
- […] these animals lacked self-correcting mechanisms of the kind seen in modern head-butters such as goats and big-horn sheep that would have kept the tremendous forces aligned with the rest of the skeleton.
- 2005, David E. Fastovsky, David B. Weishampel, The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs (page 156)
Etymology 3
Derived from the aviation slang term
Adjective
butter (comparative more butter, superlative most butter)
- Very smooth, very soft
- That landing was total butter!
French
Etymology
From butte.
Verb
butter
- to heap
Conjugation
Further reading
- “butter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Verb
butter
- inflection of buttern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
Middle English
Noun
butter
- Alternative form of buter
Swedish
Adjective
butter (comparative buttrare, superlative buttrast)
- grumpy
Declension
Anagrams
- brutet, buttre
West Flemish
Noun
butter ?
- Alternative form of beuter
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margarine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French margarine, from acide margarique (“margaric acid”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (márgaron, “pearl”), in allusion to its pearly lustre, with the suffix -ine, influenced by glycérine (“glycerine”). French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul named margaric acid after its pearl-like crystallization.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?m??.d??.??n/, /?m??.d????in/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??.d??.??n/, /?m??.d????i?n/, /?m??.????i?n/
Noun
margarine (usually uncountable, plural margarines)
- A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter.
- (dated) The solid ingredient of human fat, olive oil, etc.
Synonyms
- marg/marge (colloquial)
Related terms
- Margaret (and various forms, q.v.)
- margarita
- margarite
- marguerite
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (m?garin)
- ? Korean: ??? (magarin)
Translations
Further reading
- margarine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French margarine, from Ancient Greek ???????? (márgaron, “pearl”) with the suffix -ine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?r.?a??ri.n?/
- Hyphenation: mar?ga?ri?ne
- Rhymes: -in?
Noun
margarine f (plural margarines)
- margarine
French
Etymology
From acide margarique (“margaric acid”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (márgaron, “pearl”) with the suffix -ine, influenced by glycérine. French chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul named margaric acid after its pearl-like crystallization.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?.?a.?in/
Noun
margarine f (plural margarines)
- margarine
Descendants
Further reading
- “margarine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
margarine f pl
- plural of margarina
Anagrams
- marginare
- marginerà
- rimangerà
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- what margarine made of
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