buttercup

English

a buttercup, Ranunculus repens

Etymology

butter +‎ cup

Pronunciation

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

Noun

buttercup (plural buttercups)

Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.
Any flower of the genus Narcissus; a daffodil.
Affectionate or ironic term of address.
- 1957, Otis Blackwell and Elvis Presley (lyrics), “All Shook Up”, performed by Elvis Presley:
  When she touched my hand, what a chill I got
  Her lips are like a volcano that's hot
  I'm proud to say that she's my buttercup.
  I'm in love - I'm all shook up.
- 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

Derived terms

Translations

herb of the genus Ranunculus

Akan: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: حَوْذَان‎ m (ḥawḏān)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: лютиче n (ljutiče)
Catalan: ranuncle m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毛茛 (zh) (máogèn), 金鳳花／金凤花 (jīnfènghuā)
Czech: pryskyřník (cs) 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
Galician: ranúnculo m, botón de ouro m
Georgian: ბაია (baia)
German: Hahnenfuß (de) m, Butterblume (de)
Greek: νεραγκούλα (el) f (neragkoúla), ρεναγκούλα (el) f (renagkoúla)
Ancient: βατράχιον n (batrákhion)
Hebrew: נורית‎ (he) f (nurít)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: boglárka (hu)
Icelandic: sóley (is)
Irish: crobh préacháin m, fearbán m
Italian: ranuncolo (it) m
Japanese: キンポウゲ (kinpōge), 金鳳花 (きんぽうげ, kinpōge)
Kazakh: сарғалдақ (sarğaldaq)
Korean: 미나리아재비 (ko) (minariajaebi)
Latin: rānunculus m, gallīcrūs n
Lithuanian: vėdrynas
Luxembourgish: Botterblumm (lb) f
Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
Manx: cass feeagh
Maori: korikori, mārūrū, kōpukapuka, waoriki, raoriki, kōpukupuku, kawariki
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
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Tibetan: ལྕེ་ཚ (lce tsha)
Welsh: blodyn menyn m, crafanc y frân f
Wolof: please add this translation if you can
Yoruba: please add this translation if you can

flower of the genus Narcissus — see daffodil

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