bouton

See also: Bouton

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouton.

Noun

bouton (plural boutons)

1. A bud-like swelling, especially one at the end of an axon

Derived terms

• interbouton
• superbouton

Anagrams

• unboot

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French bouton.

Noun

bouton

1. button
2. rash

Champenois

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bu.tõ/

Noun

bouton (m)

1. Alternative form of bouchon

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bouton, boton, from Old French bouton, boton (“button, bud”), from Vulgar Latin *bautōnem, accusative of bautō, from Frankish *bautō (“that which pushes up, bump, knob”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to beat, push”). By surface analysis, bouter +‎ -on. Cognate with Old High German bōzo (“bundle, flaxbundle”), Old Saxon bōto (“bunch or bundle of flaxs”). Compare Italian bottone, Spanish botón, which are borrowings of the French word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.tɔ̃/

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Noun

bouton m (plural boutons)

1. button
2. (botany) bud
3. (pathology, dermatology) pimple, spot, zit

Derived terms

• bouton d’or
• bouton de fièvre
• bouton de manchette

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: bouton
• → Bulgarian: бутон (buton)
• → English: bouton
• → Khmer: ប៊ូតុង (buutong)
• → Malagasy: bokotra
• → Romanian: buton
• → Russian: бутон (buton)
• → Turkish: buton

Further reading

• “bouton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “bouton” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French boton, from Late Latin *bottōnem, of Germanic origin.

Noun

bouton m (plural boutons)

1. (Jersey) button