cutie en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- [-ɾi] (General-American)
- /ˈkjuːti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkjuti/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree English cute Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English -ie English cutie From cute + -ie.
Meanings
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A cute person or animal.
Four students from Yarra Valley grammar in Ringwood, in Melbourne’s east, were suspended last week after it came to light they had made the list. It included photos of female students ranking them as “wifeys”, “cuties”, “mid”, “object”, “get out” and “unrapable”.
2024 May 7, Cait Kelly, “Melbourne private school students expelled over ‘cruel’ spreadsheet rating female classmates”, in The Guardian: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 […]
2009, Sara Roahen, Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table, page 239:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cuties | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
autocutie · cutie patootie · cutie pie · nudie-cutie · technocutie
Translations (30)
ca maco (cute person or animal) · it tesorino (cute person or animal) · es guapo (cute person or animal) · tr şipşirin (cute person or animal) · ro drăguță (cute person or animal) · es guapa (cute person or animal) · nl schatje (cute person or animal) · de Süße (cute person or animal) · sv sötnos (cute person or animal) · ca maca (cute person or animal) · ro drăguț (cute person or animal) · eo beletulo (cute person or animal) · es cariño (cute person or animal) · sv sötis (cute person or animal) · fi söpöläinen (cute person or animal) · es tesoro (cute person or animal) · de Schatz (cute person or animal) · ru мила́шка (cute person or animal) · ru пу́псик (cute person or animal) · tr şirin (cute person or animal) · fr mignon (cute person or animal) · tr yumurcak (cute person or animal) · ru прелесть (cute person or animal) · de Süßer (cute person or animal) · fi söpöliini (cute person or animal) · fa موش (cute person or animal) · uk гарню́ня (cute person or animal) · pl słodziak (cute person or animal) · nl schattigaard (cute person or animal) · pt gracinha (cute person or animal)