different between cute vs bute

English

Etymology

Aphetic form of acute, originally “keenly perceptive or discerning, shrewd” (1731). Meaning transferred to “pretty, fetching” by US students (slang) c.1834. Meaning drifted further to describe the pleasing attraction to features usually possessed by the young.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kju?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Adjective

cute (comparative cuter, superlative cutest)

1. Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.

2. Generally, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.

3. Sexually attractive or pleasing; gorgeous.
4. Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy.

5. Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute)

   Synonyms: clever, shrewd

   • ca. 1850. Anonymous, "Turpin Hero" (broadside ballad, probably originally dating to 18th century)

     Then Turpin being so very cute,

     He hid his money in his boot.

6. (especially mathematics) Evincing cleverness; surprising in its elegance or unconventionality (but of limited importance).

Usage notes

Though all the above usages are understood outside US & Canada, they are rarely used spontaneously except to characterise or parody American usage.

Synonyms

• (having features mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals): endearing
• (attractive or pleasing in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way): pretty

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Dutch: kjoet

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cute.

Adjective

cute

1. (youthful) cute, adorable
   • 2010, Kirsten Sonne Harild, Pony & Co. 4 - Lises forvandling, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)

     „De er sådan lidt tegneserieagtige, ikke? Ligesom shetlændere. Cute.

   • 2010, Jesper Staunstrup, At være fremmed..., BoD – Books on Demand (?ISBN), page 187

     Dyret er altså bare ikke cute... Det er en stor rottelignende dræber, der er altædende.

2. (youthful) sweet, attractive (of a person, especially a prospective partner)
   • 2012, Hanne-Vibeke Holst, Hjertets renhed, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)

     Han er cute. Frederik var rimelig cute.

   • 2014, Ina Bruhn, Maja og Dancer: Hestene på Ponygården 3, Rosinante & Co (?ISBN)

     Han hedder Elvin. Er det ikke et totalt cute navn?

   • 2014, Dennis Jürgensen, Hår(d), Tellerup A/S (?ISBN)

     Hun var cute, det var hun faktisk, og jeg prøvede desperat ikke at tænke på min isse.

   • 2013, Anders Haahr Rasmussen, Modellen: #dayinthelife, Art People (?ISBN)

     Josephine Skriver har tidligere haft problemer med sit runde, cute ansigt og har det for så vidt stadigvæk.

Synonyms

• (adorable): nuttet, kær

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cutis.

Noun

cute f (plural cuti)

1. (anatomy) Cutis, skin (of a person)

   Synonym: pelle

Derived terms

• cutaneo

Latin

Noun

cute

1. ablative singular of cutis

Middle English

Noun

cute

1. Alternative form of cote (“coot”)

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin c?tem, accusative of c?s. The expected result would have been *coate in Romanian, but may have been influenced by cu?it and ascu?i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ku.te/
• Rhymes: -ute
• Hyphenation: cu?te

Noun

cute f (plural cute)

1. whetstone

Synonyms

• gresie

References

English

Etymology

From its middle syllable.

Noun

bute (uncountable)

1. (informal) Phenylbutazone.

Anagrams

• Tube, tube

French

Verb

bute

1. first-person singular present indicative of buter
2. third-person singular present indicative of buter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of buter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of buter
5. second-person singular imperative of buter

Anagrams

• tube, tubé

Middle English

Noun

bute

1. (Northern) Alternative form of bote (“boot”)

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• büte

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Middle Dutch *buute, *buete, from Old Dutch *b?ti, from Frankish *b?ti (“exchange; allotment; spoils”), perhaps borrowed from Gaulish *boudi, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”).

Noun

bûte f

1. exchange, barter
2. allotment
3. plunder

Related terms

• bûten (“to barter; to divide up; to plunder”)

Descendants

• ? Middle High German: biute
  • German: Beute
  • ? Old Czech: bít, bíta
    • Early Modern Czech: bít, bíta
• ? Old Norse: býti n
  • Icelandic: býti
  • Swedish: byte
  • Old Danish: bythæ
    • Danish: bytte

Romanian

Etymology

From Late Latin buttis.

Noun

bute f (plural bu?i)

1. (rare, regional) barrel, cask; contents of a barrel
2. pillar that supports the structure of a tunnel, such as in a mine

Synonyms

• (barrel): butoi, putin?

Derived terms

• butoi

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ute]

Noun

bute (plural butejte)

1. can, tin

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)?^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 16, 111
• Tuggy, David (2004) , “Spanish Borrowings in Mösiehuali?”, in SIL Mexico?^[2]

Volapük

Noun

bute

1. dative singular of but