different between fitter vs futter

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?(r)

Etymology

fit +? -er

Adjective

fitter

1. comparative form of fit: more fit

Noun

fitter (plural fitters)

1. A person who fits or assembles something.
2. (informal) An epileptic.
3. (Britain, dated) A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper.
4. (film, historical) A person employed to find suitable music to accompany silent films.
   • 2012, Stephen Neale, The Classical Hollywood Reader (page 268)

     For the fitter of film music in the silent era visual reference was the surest indicator of content.

Derived terms

• gasfitter
• upfitter

Translations

References

Anagrams

• titfer

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

fitter

1. comparative degree of fit

Adjective

fitter

1. inflection of fit:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fitter m or f

1. indefinite plural of fitte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fitter f

1. indefinite plural of fitte

English

Etymology

Coined by Richard Francis Burton from French foutre, from Latin futuo, futuere.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?t?/

Verb

futter (third-person singular simple present futters, present participle futtering, simple past and past participle futtered)

1. (transitive, intransitive) (obsolete) To fuck.

Anagrams

• futret, tufter

German

Pronunciation

Verb

futter

1. inflection of futtern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative