ボタン

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Alternative spellings
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From Portuguese botão;[1][2] compare English button.

First cited to 1651.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) たん [bòtáń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [bo̞tã̠ɴ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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ボタン (botan

  1. [from 1651] a button (clothing)
  2. [from 1885] a button (mechanical device)
    Synonym: 押しボタン (oshi-botan, literally push-button)

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of ボタン – see the following entry.
牡丹ぼたん
[noun] a peony, especially the Chinese tree peony, Paeonia suffruticosa
[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, family crest) with various designs of peony petals and twigs
[noun] (historical) boar meat
[noun] (card games) a suit in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of June
[proper noun] a place name
[proper noun] a surname
[proper noun] a female given name
(This term, ボタン (botan), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 鈕・釦”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN