Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to butter
Participle: buttered
Gerund: buttering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | butter |
| you | butter |
| he;she;it | butters |
| we | butter |
| you | butter |
| they | butter |
Perfect
| I | have buttered |
| you | have buttered |
| he;she;it | has buttered |
| we | have buttered |
| you | have buttered |
| they | have buttered |
Past
| I | buttered |
| you | buttered |
| he;she;it | buttered |
| we | buttered |
| you | buttered |
| they | buttered |
Pluperfect
| I | had buttered |
| you | had buttered |
| he;she;it | had buttered |
| we | had buttered |
| you | had buttered |
| they | had buttered |
Future
| I | will butter |
| you | will butter |
| he;she;it | will butter |
| we | will butter |
| you | will butter |
| they | will butter |
Future Perfect
| I | will have buttered |
| you | will have buttered |
| he;she;it | will have buttered |
| we | will have buttered |
| you | will have buttered |
| they | will have buttered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | butter |
| you | butter |
| he;she;it | butter |
| we | butter |
| you | butter |
| they | butter |
Perfect
| I | have buttered |
| you | have buttered |
| he;she;it | have buttered |
| we | have buttered |
| you | have buttered |
| they | have buttered |
Imperfect
| I | buttered |
| you | buttered |
| he;she;it | buttered |
| we | buttered |
| you | buttered |
| they | buttered |
Pluperfect
| I | had buttered |
| you | had buttered |
| he;she;it | had buttered |
| we | had buttered |
| you | had buttered |
| they | had buttered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would butter |
| you | would butter |
| he;she;it | would butter |
| we | would butter |
| you | would butter |
| they | would butter |
Perfect
| I | would have buttered |
| you | would have buttered |
| he;she;it | would have buttered |
| we | would have buttered |
| you | would have buttered |
| they | would have buttered |
Imperative
| you | butter |
| we | Let's butter |
| you | butter |
Verbs conjugated like 'butter'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'butter'
batter,
better,
bitter,
butler,
futter,
gutter,
mutter,
putter,
utter,
atter,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. PIE word
2. *gʷṓws
3. Etymology tree
4. Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws
5. Proto-Hellenic *gʷous
6. Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs)
7. Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-
8. Proto-Indo-European *-rós
9. Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂rós
10. Proto-Hellenic *tūrós
11. Ancient Greek τυρός (turós)
12. Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron)bor.
13. Latin būtȳrumbor.
14. Proto-West Germanic *buterā
15. Old English butere
16. Middle English buter
17. English butter
18. From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”).
19. Cognate with Dutch boter and German Butter.
Sample Sentences
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“ Father, what if thee should get found out again ? ” said Simeon second, as he buttered his cake.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)