pluto
UK/ˈpluːtəʊ//ˈplutoʊ/
pluto verb: to demote or devalue something.
Verb
pluto (third-person singular simple present plutos, present participle plutoing, simple past and past participle plutoed)
- To demote or devalue something.
- Limbo has been plutoed. No half way house any more. It's heaven or hell.2007 April 21, The Meerkat , OT:Catholic Church ditches Limbo, aus.tv, Usenet.
- Winter is dead. The break the university community has just returned from is ostensibly known as winter break. But those who stayed in the Iowa City area know the sad truth: The four seasons Midwesterners grew up with have been Plutoed.2007, Andrew Swift, The Daily Iowan - Opinion Column
Proper noun capitalized: Pluto
Pluto
- The Greco-Roman god of the underworld.
- Synonyms:
- Plouton
- The largest dwarf planet and formerly the ninth planet, represented by the symbol ♇ or ⯓, both now used mostly in astrology.
- Synonyms:
- Planet X, (134340) Pluto, 134340 Pluto
- The American cartoon character created by Walt Disney and Norm Ferguson.
- Synonyms:
- ⯕, ⯔, ⯖
pluto meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pluto in Hindi
- प्लूटो
pluto in Tamil
- புளூட்டோ
pluto in Marathi
- प्लुटोकडे
pluto in Urdu
- پلوٹو
More languagesFewer languages
- pluto in Bengali
- প্লুটোর প্রতি, প্লুটোর
- pluto in Telugu
- ప్లూటోకు, ప్లూటో, ప్లూటో వరకు
- pluto in Malayalam
- പ്ലൂട്ടോയിലേക്ക്
- pluto in Kannada
- ಪ್ಲುಟೊಗೆ
- pluto in Punjabi
- ਪਲੂਟੋ, ਪਲੂਟੋ ਤੱਕ
- pluto in Gujarati
- પ્લુટો
- pluto in Odia
- ପ୍ଲୁଟୋକୁ
- pluto in Nepali
- प्लुटोलाई
Synonyms of pluto
Forms of pluto
| third-person singular present | plutos |
|---|---|
| present participle | plutoing |
| past participle | plutoed |
| past | plutoed |
Origin of pluto
Originally coined in 2006 by the American Dialect Society, in reference to Pluto's demotion from planet status, defeating climate canary for Word of the Year.
From Middle English Pluto, Pluton, from Latin Plūtō, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “god of the underworld”). Doublet of Plouton. Venetia Burney is often credited as having suggested the name for the celestial body.
Words formed from pluto
- 134340 Pluto
- anti-Pluto
- plutino
- Pluto-facing
- Pluto I
- plutoid
- Pluto II
- Pluto III
- Pluto IV
- Plutonian
- plutonic
- plutonism
- plutonium
- Plutophile
- post-Pluto
Phrases with pluto
Words that rhyme with pluto
Questions about pluto
- What does pluto mean?
- Pluto means to demote or devalue something.
- What is pluto in Hindi?
- Pluto in Hindi is प्लूटो. See Pluto meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pluto?
- Pluto can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce pluto?
- Pluto is pronounced /ˈpluːtəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of pluto?
- The past tense of pluto is plutoed.
Words near pluto in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pluto (page history and authors); Pluto (page history and authors); pluto (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pluto (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pluto (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pluto (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pluto (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pluto (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pluto (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pluto (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pluto (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pluto (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pluto (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pluto (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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