cutie
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
cutie (plural cuties)
- 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 […]
- 2009, Sara Roahen, Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table (page 239)
Usage notes
- Often used as a term of endearment.
Translations
a cute person or animal
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
A brand name of a particular cultivar of orange.
Noun
cutie (plural cuties)
- A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand.
- (by extension) Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma.
Romanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قوطی (kutu, kutı), from Greek κουτί (koutí).
Noun
cutie f (plural cutii)
- box (rectangular container)
Declension
Categories:
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/uːti
- English terms suffixed with -ie (diminutive noun)
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English genericized trademarks
- en:Appearance
- en:People
- Romanian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Romanian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Romanian terms derived from Greek
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian feminine nouns
- ro:Containers