buttercup

buttercup

English

a buttercup, Ranunculus repens

Etymology

butter +‎ cup

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌt.ə.kʌp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌt.ɚ.kʌp/

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Noun

buttercup (plural buttercups)

1. Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.
2. Any flower of the genus Narcissus; a daffodil.
3. Affectionate or ironic term of address.
   • 1987, Joyce Brandon, Lady and the Lawman, page 346:

     Listen, buttercup, you're damned good in bed. They don't come any better, but I'm really not interested in playing second fiddle to your camera or your young lovers.

Synonyms

• ranunculus, crowfoot

Translations

herb of the genus Ranunculus

Bulgarian: лютиче n (ljutiče) Catalan: ranuncle m Chinese: Mandarin: 毛茛 (zh) (máogèn), 金鳳花, 金凤花 (jīnfènghuā) Czech: pryskyřník m Dutch: boterbloem (nl) f Esperanto: ranunkolo Faroese: sólja f Finnish: leinikki (fi) French: bouton-d'or (fr) m, renoncule (fr), grenouillette (fr), fleur de l'impatience, gobet du diable Georgian: ბაია (baia) German: Hahnenfuß (de) m, Butterblume (de) Greek: νεραγκούλα (el) f (neragkoúla), ρεναγκούλα (el) f (renagkoúla) Hungarian: boglárka (hu) Icelandic: sóley (is) Irish: crobh préacháin m

Italian: ranuncolo (it) m Japanese: キンポウゲ (kinpōge), 金鳳花 (きんぽうげ, kinpōge) Korean: 미나리아재비 (ko) (minariajaebi) Latin: rānunculus m Lithuanian: vėdrynas Luxembourgish: Botterblumm (lb) f Manx: cass feeagh Navajo: łéʼétsoh yiljaaʼí Polish: jaskier (pl) Portuguese: ranúnculo (pt) m Romanian: piciorul-cocoșului (ro) n, gălbenea (ro) f Russian: лю́тик (ru) m (ljútik) Scottish Gaelic: cearban m, buidheag-an-t-samhraidh f Slovak: iskerník m Spanish: ranúnculo (es) m Swedish: smörblomma (sv) c Welsh: blodyn menyn m, crafanc y frân f

flower of the genus Narcissus — see daffodil