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clarified butter

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A cooking fat made by gently heating butter and separating the solids from the butterfat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

butter made clear by heating and removing the sediment of milk solids

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drawn butter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: butter

Narrower terms: ghee

History

Etymology

From clarified + butter, from Middle English clarifien and buter. Earliest attestation of clarified in this sense from the 14th century.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سمن (samn) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Armenian: հալած յուղ (halac yuġ) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 液體黃油 /液体黄油 (yètǐ huángyóu) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Esperanto: buterograso — cooking fat made from butter
  • Finnish: kirkastettu voi — cooking fat made from butter
  • French: beurre clarifié — cooking fat made from butter
  • Galician: manteiga — cooking fat made from butter
  • Georgian: ერბო (erbo) — cooking fat made from butter
  • German: Butterschmalz — cooking fat made from butter
  • Gujarati: ઘી (ghī) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Hindi: घी (ghī) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Icelandic: skírt smjör — cooking fat made from butter
  • Italian: burro chiarificato — cooking fat made from butter
  • Japanese: 澄ましバター (sumashi-batā) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆن (ron) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Northern Kurdish: rûn — cooking fat made from butter
  • Southern Kurdish: ڕۊن (rün) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Ossetian: царв (carv) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Persian: روغن گاو (roġan-e gâv) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Persian: گاوروغن (gâvroġan) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Persian: روغن حیوانی (roġan-e heyvâni) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Polish: masło klarowane — cooking fat made from butter
  • Portuguese: manteiga clarificada — cooking fat made from butter
  • Romanian: unt clarificat — cooking fat made from butter
  • Russian: топлёное ма́сло (topljónoje máslo) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Sanskrit: घृत (ghṛta) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Thai: เนยใส (nəəi-sǎi) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Tocharian B: peṣke — cooking fat made from butter
  • Urdu: گھی (ghī) — cooking fat made from butter
  • Welsh: menyn gloyw — cooking fat made from butter
  • Welsh: menyn clir — cooking fat made from butter
  • Zazaki: ron (diq) — cooking fat made from butter