different between cutie vs cutin

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kju?ti/
• Rhymes: -u?ti

Etymology 1

cute +? -ie.

Noun

cutie (plural cuties)

1. A cute person or animal.
   • 2009, Sara Roahen, Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table (page 239)

     Before every visit, I'm convinced that the tourists will have used all the napkins, the pigeons will have roosted beneath the chairs, the sidewalk musicians will be playing classic rock, the servers will all be high school cuties […]

Usage notes

• Often used as a term of endearment.

Translations

Derived terms

• cutie pie

Etymology 2

A brand name of a particular cultivar of orange.

Noun

cutie (plural cuties)

1. A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand.
2. (by extension) Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma.

Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (kutu, kut?), from Greek ????? (koutí).

Noun

cutie f (plural cutii)

1. box (rectangular container)

Declension

English

Etymology

From cut(is) +? -in.

Noun

cutin (countable and uncountable, plural cutins)

1. (biochemistry) A waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle.
   • 2018, Damian Carrington, The Guardian, 16 April:

     The structure of the enzyme looked very similar to one evolved by many bacteria to break down cutin, a natural polymer used as a protective coating by plants.

Derived terms

• cutinase

Related terms

• cutan

Translations

Anagrams

• incut, tunic