Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

butters

/ˈbʌ.tɚz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: but-ters
IPA: /ˈbʌ.tɚz/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of butter

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of butter

adj

British usage; Slang

name

A surname from Norman.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A census-designated place in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Butters Stotch, a fictional character from the animated sitcom South Park.

Countable; Uncountable

name

plural of Butter

Etymology

Originally a clipping of butterface (“a person with an attractive body but an unattractive face”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Word Breakdown

Root: boterie

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbʌ.tɚz/
British English: /ˈbʌt.əz/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Butterses (plural)

Rhymes With

cutters shutters gutters mutters stutters utters flutters nutters putters sputters

Questions

How do you pronounce butters?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbʌ.tɚz/.
What does butters mean?: plural of butter
Where does butters come from?: Originally a clipping of butterface (“a person with an attractive body but an unattractive face”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

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