boter

Meaning

1. (feminine) butter, a spread made from churned milk
2. (feminine) a butter substitute, typically made of vegetable oils

Concepts

butter

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noughts and crosses

shortcake

colcannon

Bath Oliver

Synonyms

kaas en eieren

kruisje-rondje

olie

roomboter

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Translations

Butter

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beurre

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mantequilla

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manteiga

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burro

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mantega

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βούτυρο

manteca

butyrum

زبدة

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tereyağı

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کهره

burre

boerr

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈboːtər/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: bōter

Inherited from Old Dutch: *butera

Cognate with Limburgish: bótter

Cognate with West Flemish: beuter

Cognate with Zeelandic: beuter

Cognate with Middle Low German: botter

Cognate with Plautdietsch: Botta

Cognate with Old Frisian: butera

Cognate with Northern Frisian: bööder

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Buutere

Cognate with Western Frisian: bûter

Cognate with Old English: butere

Cognate with English: butter

Cognate with Scots: butter

Cognate with Yola: buthther

Cognate with Old High German: butera

Cognate with German: Butter

Cognate with Swiss German: Butter

Cognate with Bavarian: Budan

Cognate with Hunsrik: Butter

Cognate with Luxembourgish: Botter

Cognate with Pennsylvania German: Budder

In summary

From Middle Dutch bōter, from Old Dutch *butera, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Medieval Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon).
Compare Limburgish bótter, West Flemish beuter, Zealandic beuter, Middle Low German botter, German Low German Botter, Plautdietsch Botta, Old Frisian butera, North Frisian bööder, Saterland Frisian Buutere, West Frisian bûter, Old English butere, English butter, Scots butter, Yola buthther, Old High German butera, German Butter, Alemannic German Butter, Bavarian Budan, Gottscheerish púttər, Hunsrik Butter, Luxembourgish Botter, Pennsylvania German Budder.

Sentences

Margarine is eigenlijk boter met een minderwaardigheidscomplex .

Margarine is actually butter with an inferiority complex.