cutie
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkjuːti/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkjuti/, [-ɾi]
- Rhymes: -uːti
- Hyphenation: cut‧ie
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
cutie (plural cuties)
- A cute person or animal.
- 2009, Sara Roahen, Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table, page 239:
- Before every visit, I'm convinced that the tourists will have used all the napkins, the pigeons will have roosted beneath the chairs, the sidewalk musicians will be playing classic rock, the servers will all be high school cuties […]
Usage notes edit
- Often used as a term of endearment.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
cute person or animal
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Etymology 2 edit
A brand name of a particular cultivar of orange.
Noun edit
cutie (plural cuties)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوطی (kutu, kutı), from Greek κουτί (koutí).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cutie f (plural cutii)
- box (rectangular container)
Declension edit
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- Rhymes:English/uːti
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- English terms suffixed with -ie (diminutive)
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English endearing terms
- English genericized trademarks
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- Romanian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Romanian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Romanian terms derived from Greek
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- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
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