buter

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See also: bûter

French

Pronunciation

Verb

buter

  1. to stop dead
  2. to prop up, buttress
  3. (figuratively) to kill
  4. (figuratively) to obsess; to become obsessed

Conjugation

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).

Pronunciation

Noun

buter (uncountable)

  1. butter (spread made of churned cream)

Descendants

  • English: butter (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: butter, buter
  • Yola: buthther, buththere

References

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Old High German butira, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, borrowed from Latin būtȳrum, borrowed from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron), from βοῦς (boûs) + τυρός (turós).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbutər/

    Noun

    buter m or f

    1. butter

    Declension

    Descendants

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “buter”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • "buter" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)