butter

Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk butter 7388 6768367 2009-06-11T10:43:29Z Rose Waswa 128689 t+sw:[[siagi]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) [[Image:NCI butter.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Butter (1) [[stick]] with a butter [[knife]].]] {{also|Butter}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} ===Etymology=== Old English ''[[butere]]'' < a West Germanic borrowing of Latin ''[[butyrum]]'' < Greek '''{{polytonic|[[βούτυρον]]}}''' ''boutyron'' (perhaps literally ‘cow-cheese’, from '''{{polytonic|[[βούς]]}}''' ''bous'' ‘ox, cow’ + '''{{polytonic|[[τυρός]]}}''' ''tyros'' ‘cheese’). The West Germanic source also gave Dutch ''[[boter]]'', German ''[[Butter]]''. ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈbʌtə/}}, {{SAMPA|/"bVt.@/}} * {{a|US}} {{enPR|bŭtʹər}}, {{IPA|/ˈbʌɾ.ɚ/}}, {{SAMPA|/"bV4.@`/}} *: {{audio|en-us-butter.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|ʌtə(r)}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|-|pl2=butters}} # {{uncountable}} A soft, fatty foodstuff made by [[churn]]ing the [[cream]] of [[milk]] (generally cow's milk). # {{countable}} {{obsolete}} {{chemistry}} Any specific [[soft]] [[substance]] # {{uncountable}} 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''). #: ''peanut butter'' ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top4|terms derived from ''butter''}} * [[almond-butter]] * [[apple butter]] * [[as if butter would not melt in one's mouth]] * [[bean-butter]] * [[body butter]] * [[bog-butter]] * [[brandy butter]] * [[bread and butter]] * [[bread buttered on both sides]] * [[butteraceous]] * [[butter-ale]] * [[butter-and-egg man]] * [[butter and eggs]], [[butter-and-eggs]] * [[butter and tallow tree]] * [[butter-ball]], [[butterball]] * [[butter-back]] * [[butter-badger]] * [[butter-bag]] * [[butter-bake]] * [[butter-barrel]] * [[butter-basher]] * [[butter bean]] * [[butter-bird]] * [[butter-bitten]] * [[butter-boat]] * [[butterbore]] * [[butter-bowzy]] * [[butter-box]] * [[butter-boy]] * [[butterbread]] * [[butter brickle]] * [[butterbur]] * [[butter-bush]] * [[butter-cake]] * [[butterchurn]] * [[butter clam]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[butter cloth]] * [[butter color]], [[butter colour]] * [[butter-cooler]] * [[butter cream]] * [[butter cross]] * [[buttercup]] * [[butter-cutter]] * [[butter dish]], [[butter-dish]] * [[butter dock]], [[butter-dock]] * [[butter-duck]] * [[butter-factor]] * [[butter fat]], [[butter-fat]], [[butterfat]] * [[butter-fingered]], [[butterfingered]] * [[butter-fingers]], [[butterfingers]] * [[butter-fish]], [[butterfish]] * [[butter-flip]] * [[butter-flower]]  * [[butter icing]] * [[butterie]] * [[butterine]]  * [[butterish]] * [[butter-jags]] * [[butter knife]], [[butter-knife]] * [[butter-lamp]] * [[butter-leaves]] * [[butterless]] * [[butter letter]] * [[butter-man]] * [[butter-mark]] * [[butter-milk]], [[buttermilk]] * [[butter-mold]], [[butter-mould]] * [[butter-mouth]] * [[butter muslin]] * [[butter-nut]], [[butternut]] * [[butter of almonds]] * [[butter of antimony]] * [[butter of arsenic]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[butter of bismuth]] * [[butter of cacao]] * [[butter of mace]] * [[butter of tin]] * [[butter of wax]] * [[butter of zinc]] * [[butter oil]] * [[butter paper]] * [[butter-pat]] * [[butter-pear]] * [[butter-plate]] * [[butter-print]] * [[butter-queen]] * [[butter-rigged]] * [[butter-root]] * [[butter salt]] * [[butter scoop]] * [[butterscot]], [[butter-scotch]], [[butterscotch]] * [[butter-slide]] * [[butter spade]] * [[butter-spreader]] * [[butter stamp]] * [[butter-stick]] * [[butter substitute]] * [[butter tart]] * [[butter-toast]] * [[butter tongs]] * [[butter-tooth]] * [[butter-toothed]] * [[butter-tree]] * [[butter trier]] * [[butter-weed]], [[butterweed]] * [[butter week]] {{rel-mid4}} * [[butter-weight]] * [[butter-whore]] * [[butter-wife]] * [[butter-woman]] * [[butter-worker]] * [[butter-working]] * [[butterwort]] * [[buttery]] * [[butter yellow]] * [[cacao butter]] * [[clarified butter]] * [[cocoa butter]] * [[coconut butter]] * [[cocum butter]], [[kokum butter]] * [[dika-butter]] * [[drawn butter]] * [[duck butter]] * [[fairy butter]], [[fairy's butter]] * [[Galam butter]] * [[gren butter]] * [[know which side one's bread is buttered|know which side one's bread is buttered (on)]] * [[mahwa-butter]] * [[make butter and cheese of]] * [[May butter]] * [[melted butter]] * [[nut butter]] * [[palm-butter]] * [[peanut butter]] * [[rock butter]] * [[rum butter]] * [[run butter]] * [[shea butter]] * [[sugar-butter sauce]] * [[vegetable butter]] * [[witches' butter]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== * [[butterfly]] * [[butter-ham]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|soft foodstuff made from milk}} * [[American Sign Language]]: {{tø|ase|H@TipPalm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp Contact H@BasePalm H@TipPalm Contact H@BasePalm H@TipPalm Contact H@BasePalm|xs=American Sign Language}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[زبدة]]}} (zúbda) {{f}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|կարագ|tr=karag|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|yağ|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bavarian]]: [[Budda]] {{m}} * [[Breton]]: [[amanenn]] {{m}} * Bulgarian: {{t-|bg|масло|n|tr=máslo|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Catalan]]: [[mantega]] {{f}} * Chinese: [[黃油]], [[黄油]] (huángyóu), [[牛油]] (niúyóu) * Czech: {{t+|cs|máslo|n}} * Danish: {{t-|da|smør}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|boter|f}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|butero|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: [[või]], [[peagalööja]] * Finnish: {{t+|fi|voi}} * French: {{t+|fr|beurre|m}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|კარაქი|tr=karak'i|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Butter|f}} * Greek: [[βούτυρο]] (vútiro) {{n}} * Hebrew: {{t+|he|חמאה|f|alt=חֶמְאָה|tr=khem'a|sc=Hebr}} * Hindi: [[मक्खन]] (makkhan) {{m}}, [[नवनीत]] (navnīt) {{m}}, [[नोनी]] (nonī) {{f}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|vaj}} * [[Ido]]: [[butro]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[butyro]] * Irish: {{t+|ga|im|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|burro|m}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|バター|tr=batā|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|乳酪|tr=[[にゅうらく]], nyūraku|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Kinyarwanda]]: [[amavuta]] * Korean: [[버터]] (beoteo) * Kurdish: {{t+|ku|که‌ره‌|sc=ku-Arab}} * Lao: {{Laoo|[[ເບີ]]}} (bəə) * Latvian: {{t-|lv|sviests|m|xs=Latvian}} * Lithuanian: [[sviestas]] {{m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|путер|m|tr=púter|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|eeym|f|xs=Manx}} * [[Marathi]]: {{t-|mr|माखणे|tr=mākhaṇe|sc=Deva|xs=Marathi}} * Mongolian: {{Cyrl|[[цөцгийн тос]]}} (tsötsgiin tos) * Old English: {{t-|ang|butere|f|xs=Old English}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|imb|n}} * Persian: {{t-|fa|کره|tr=kare|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|masło|n}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|manteiga|f}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|unt|n}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|масло|n|tr=máslo|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|сливочное масло|n|tr=slívočnoje máslo|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|ìm|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: [[маслац]] ([[maslac]]) {{m}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|maslo|n}} * Slovene: [[maslo]] {{n}}, [[puter]] {{m}} (''colloq.'') * Spanish: [[mantequilla]] {{f}}, [[manteca]] {{f}} (''Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay'') * [[Swahili]]: {{t|sw|siagi}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|smör|n}} * [[Telugu]]: [[వెన్న]] * Thai: {{Thai|[[เนย]]}} (noey) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|tereyağı}} * Ukrainian: {{t-|uk|масло|n|tr=máslo|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|bơ|xs=Vietnamese}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|in chemistry}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|other foodstuffs like butter}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{transitive}} To [[spread]] butter on. #: '''''Butter''' the toast.'' ====Derived terms==== * [[buttered]] * [[buttering]] * [[butter one's bread on both sides]] * [[butter the cony]] * [[butter up]] * [[fine words butter no parsnips]] * [[have one's bread buttered for life]] * [[know which side one's bread is buttered]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to spread butter on}} * Czech: [[mazat]] [[máslo|máslem]] (''[[impf.]]''); [[namazat]] [[máslo|máslem]]; [[pomazat]] [[máslo|máslem]] (''[[pf.]]'') * Danish: [[smøre]] brødet * Dutch: [[beboteren]], [[inboteren]], met boter [[besmeren]] * French: {{t+|fr|beurrer}} * German: [[mit]] Butter [[bestreichen]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[butyrar]] * Italian: {{t+|it|imburrare}} {{trans-mid}} * Polish: [[smarować]] [[masłem]] * Portuguese: [[amanteigar]]; [[passar]] [[manteiga]] [[em]] * Russian: [[намазывать]] [[масло|маслом]] (namázyvat’ máslom) * Slovene: [[namazati z maslom]] * Spanish: [[untar]] [[mantequilla]] * Thai: {{Thai|[[ทาเนย]]}} (ta noey) * Vietnamese: [[quẹt]] bơ (vào) {{trans-bottom}} ===See also=== * [[butyraceous]] * [[ghee]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Swedish== ===Adjective=== {{sv-adj-reg|3=buttr}} '''butter''' # [[grumpy]] [[Category:Condiments]] [[Category:Swedish adjectives]] [[af:butter]] [[ar:butter]] [[ca:butter]] [[de:butter]] [[et:butter]] [[el:butter]] [[es:butter]] [[fr:butter]] [[ko:butter]] [[hy:butter]] [[io:butter]] [[it:butter]] [[kk:butter]] [[sw:butter]] [[lo:butter]] [[li:butter]] [[hu:butter]] [[nl:butter]] [[ja:butter]] [[no:butter]] [[oc:butter]] [[pl:butter]] [[pt:butter]] [[ru:butter]] [[simple:butter]] [[sr:butter]] [[fi:butter]] [[sv:butter]] [[ta:butter]] [[te:butter]] [[th:butter]] [[tr:butter]] [[uk:butter]] [[vi:butter]] [[zh:butter]]