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

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