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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesden Butler machen
Pronunciation / Transliteration: den but-ler ma-chen
"Er musste auf dem Anwesen den Butler machen."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
1 sense- 1
To act as a butler; to perform the duties or service of a butler.
"He spent the summer season trying to buttle for the wealthy estate owners."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived as a back-formation from butler, originating in Middle English from Old French botiller, meaning an officer in charge of the wine cellar. Over time, it developed into a rare, informal verb denoting the act of performing the duties of a butler.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Buttle" is said worldwide
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faire le majordome
Transliteration: fair le ma-jor-dom
"Il a accepté de faire le majordome pour la soirée."
den Butler machen
Transliteration: den but-ler ma-chen
"Er musste auf dem Anwesen den Butler machen."
fare il maggiordomo
Transliteration: fa-re il mad-djor-do-mo
"Ha dovuto fare il maggiordomo per gli ospiti importanti."
hacer de mayordomo
Transliteration: a-cer de ma-yor-do-mo
"Decidió hacer de mayordomo durante la gran fiesta."
fazer de mordomo
Transliteration: fa-zer de mor-do-mo
"Ele ofereceu-se para fazer de mordomo no jantar."
खानसामे का काम करना
Transliteration: khansame ka kaam karna
"उसने महल में खानसामे का काम किया।"
当管家
Transliteration: dāng guǎnjiā
"他在庄园里当管家。"
집사 노릇을 하다
Transliteration: jipsa noruseul hada
"그는 저택에서 집사 노릇을 했다."
執事をする
Transliteration: shitsuji o suru
"彼は大邸宅で執事をした。"
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