βούτυρο
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]βούτυρο • (voútyro) n (plural βούτυρα)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | βούτυρο (voútyro) | βούτυρα (voútyra) |
genitive | βουτύρου (voutýrou) βούτυρου (voútyrou) |
βουτύρων (voutýron) βούτυρων (voútyron) |
accusative | βούτυρο (voútyro) | βούτυρα (voútyra) |
vocative | βούτυρο (voútyro) | βούτυρα (voútyra) |
Related terms
[edit]- αβουτύρωτος (avoutýrotos, “butterless, without butter”)
- αποβουτύρωση f (apovoutýrosi, “skimming, creaming off”)
- βουτυράτος (voutyrátos, “buttery”)
- βουτυρένιος (voutyrénios, “buttery”)
- βουτυρωμένος (voutyroménos, “buttered”)
- βουτυρώνω (voutyróno, “to butter”)
- φιστικοβούτυρο n (fistikovoútyro, “peanut butter”)
βουτυρο- (voutyro-) compounds like
- βουτυρόγαλα f (voutyrógala, “buttermilk”)
- βουτυροκομείο n (voutyrokomeío, “place where butter is produced”)
- βουτυροκομία f (voutyrokomía, “butter production”)
- βουτυροκόμος m or f (voutyrokómos, “butter producer”)
- βουτυρομπεμπές m (voutyrompempés, “milksop”)
- βουτυρόπαιδο n (voutyrópaido, “milksop”)
Further reading
[edit]- βούτυρο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- βούτυρο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el