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masculine

/bu.tɔ̃/

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Translation

button; spot, pimple; bud

Word origin

From Old French boton, from bouter ('to push, to thrust'), a verb of Frankish origin. The first sense was the bud that pushes out of a stem. English 'button' was borrowed from the same Old French word.

Origin
Old French
Root
boton
English cognates
button, butt

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralboutons

Examples

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There is a button missing from your shirt.

Appuie .

Press the red button to stop the machine.

menton .

She has had a spot on her chin since yesterday.

' .

The rose buds will open in a few days.

, .

Do not touch any button, I have just set everything up.

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This word is part of lesson 32.