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buttery

/ˈbʌtəi/BUH-tur-ee
/ˈbʌtɚi/BUH-tur-ee

Meaninga bottle

Common meaning: a pantry or store for drinks and provisions

Journey through time

  1. Frenchbowteille‘a bottle’source
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsa bottle → a butler's storeroombotelerie‘a butler's storeroom’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa butler's storeroom → a pantry or store for drinks and provisionsbuttery‘a pantry or store for drinks and provisions’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on French bowteille ‘a bottle’.

Roots

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