butirro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon). Doublet of burro, which was borrowed through Old French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈtir.ro/
• Rhymes: -irro
• Hyphenation: bu‧tìr‧ro

Noun

butirro

1. (cooking) butter

Further reading

• butirro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana