booty

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˈbuti/ UK /ˈbuːti/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
valuable goods seized as plunder; loot

The pirates divided the booty on the beach.

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1 noun · valuable goods seized as... loot plunder spoils swag pillage haultakings

Etymology

From Middle English botye, from Old French butin ('booty'), of Germanic origin, from Middle Low German bute, buten ('exchange, distribution, plunder'). Unrelated to the slang sense of buttocks.

butin Old French bute Middle Low German

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# booty

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈbuti
**IPA (UK):** ˈbuːti

## Meanings
1. valuable goods seized as plunder; loot

## Examples
- The pirates divided the booty on the beach.

## Synonyms
- loot
- plunder
- spoils
- swag
- pillage
- haul
- takings

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: butin
- Root: bute

## Etymology
From Middle English botye, from Old French butin ('booty'), of Germanic origin, from Middle Low German bute, buten ('exchange, distribution, plunder'). Unrelated to the slang sense of buttocks.

## AI Etymology
Booty comes from Middle English botye, from Old French butin ('booty'), of Germanic origin, from Middle Low German bute, buten ('exchange, distribution, plunder'). Unrelated to the slang sense of buttocks. The historical trail runs through Old French butin and Middle Low German bute. The later sense follows a semantic development already present in the word's history. In modern use it means valuable goods seized as plunder; loot.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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