Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

butterine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: but-ter-ine
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An imitation butter prepared from animal fat with other ingredients.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If a man sells you anything as good as what you ask for, but yet entirely different, are you cheated? […] [A] man may say his butterine is as pure and wholesome as genuine butter, and therefore why not sell it as butter?"

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron)bor. Latin būtȳrumbor. Proto-West Germanic *buterā Old English butere Middle English buter English butter Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English butterine From butter + -ine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

butterines (plural)

Questions

What does butterine mean?: An imitation butter prepared from animal fat with other ingredients.
Where does butterine come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron)bor. Latin būtȳrumbor. Proto-West Germanic *buterā Old English butere Middle English buter English butter Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English butterine From butter + -ine.

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