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)
- A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand.
- (by extension) Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma.
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
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- Romanian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
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