One morning, very early, before the sun was up, I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.
Source: tatoeba (6399569)
Buttercup
//ˈbʌt.ɚ.kʌp//
Synonyms for "buttercup" (41 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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8 entriesTranslations
66 translations across 44 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βατράχιον noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Arabic
1 entries- حَوْذَان noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qaymaqçiçəyi noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лютиче noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Catalan
1 entries- ranuncle noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 毛茛 noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- 金鳳花 /金凤花 noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Czech
1 entries- pryskyřník noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Dutch
1 entries- boterbloem noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Esperanto
1 entries- ranunkolo noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Faroese
1 entries- sólja noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Finnish
1 entries- leinikki noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
French
4 entries- bouton-d'or noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- fleur de l'impatience noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- gobet du diable noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- grenouillette noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Galician
2 entries- botón de ouro noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- ranúnculo noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Georgian
1 entries- ბაია noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
German
2 entries- Butterblume noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- Hahnenfuß noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Greek
2 entries- νεραγκούλα noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- ρεναγκούλα noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Hebrew
1 entries- נורית noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Hungarian
1 entries- boglárka noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Icelandic
1 entries- sóley noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Irish
2 entries- crobh préacháin noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- fearbán noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Italian
1 entries- ranuncolo noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Japanese
2 entries- キンポウゲ noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- 金鳳花 noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Kazakh
1 entries- сарғалдақ noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Korean
1 entries- 미나리아재비 noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Latin
2 entries- gallīcrūs noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- rānunculus noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Lithuanian
1 entries- vėdrynas noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Botterblumm noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Manx
1 entries- cass feeagh noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Māori
4 entries- kawariki noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- korikori noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- kōpukapuka noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- kōpukupuku noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Navajo
1 entries- łéʼétsoh yiljaaʼí noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- smørblom noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- دوگون چیچكی noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Persian
1 entries- آلاله noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Polish
1 entries- jaskier noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Portuguese
1 entries- ranúnculo noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Romanian
2 entries- gălbenea noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- piciorul-cocoșului noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Russian
1 entries- лю́тик noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- buidheag-an-t-samhraidh noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- cearban noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Slovak
1 entries- iskerník noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Spanish
1 entries- ranúnculo noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Swedish
1 entries- smörblomma noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Tibetan
1 entries- ལྕེ་ཚ noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Turkish
3 entries- düğün çiçeği noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- sütlüce noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- turnaayağı noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Welsh
2 entries- blodyn menyn noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
- crafanc y frân noun (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
When Tom was in the first grade, he would pick buttercup flowers and give them to girls.
Source: tatoeba (6891967)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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