boton

See also: botón and botòn

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish botón (“button”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈton/ [bo.ˈton]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ton

Noun

botón

1. (Cotabateño, Zamboangueño) button

   Synonym: (Caviteño, Ternateño) botones

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English botoun (whence modern English button), from Old French bouton, boton, from Vulgar Latin *bautōnem, from Frankish *bautō (“knob”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to beat”).

Noun

boton m (plural botonyow)

1. button
2. counter (game)

Derived terms

• botonyow glas pl (“Jasione montana”)
• botonyow owr pl (“tansy”)
• toll boton (“button hole”)

Mutation

Mutation of boton

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
boton	voton	unchanged	poton	foton, voton*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• “boton” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboton/
• Rhymes: -oton
• Syllabification: bo‧ton

Noun

boton

1. accusative singular of boto

Hungarian

Etymology

bot +‎ -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboton]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ton

Noun

boton

1. superessive singular of bot

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese botão, from Old French boton, from bouter (“to strike; to push, to thrust”), of Germanic origin.

Noun

boton

1. button

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary (overall work in English), Mili Mila, →ISBN

Maltese

Root
b-t-n
4 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.tɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔtɔn

Etymology 1

Inherited from Arabic بَطْن (baṭn).

Noun

boton m (plural btien or btan, diminutive btajjan or btajjen)

1. litter (of animals, especially rabbits)
2. crop, harvest (produce of each period of sowing/blooming)
3. (obsolete) belly, womb

   Synonyms: żaqq, ġuf

Etymology 2

Verb

boton (imperfect jobton)

1. alternative form of batan

Conjugation

Conjugation of boton (Form I, sound, o-o ~ o-o)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	btont	btont	boton	btonna	btontu	botnu
	f			botnot
imperfect	m	nobton	tobton	jobton	nobtnu	tobtnu	jobtnu
	f			tobton
imperative			obton			obtnu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	btontx	btontx	botonx	btonniex	btontux	botnux
	f			botnotx
imperfect	m	nobtonx	tobtonx	jobtonx	nobtnux	tobtnux	jobtnux
	f			tobtonx
imperative			tobtonx			tobtnux

Middle English

Noun

boton

1. alternative form of botoun

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bautanąder.

Proto-Germanic *bautô

Frankish *bautōbor.

Vulgar Latin bautōder.

Vulgar Latin *bautōnem

Old French botonbor.

Old Spanish boton

Spanish botónbor.

Tagalog boton

Borrowed from Spanish botón. Doublet of butones.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /boˈton/ [boˈt̪on̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: bo‧ton

Noun

botón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜓᜈ᜔)

1. button (pressed mechanical device)
2. (uncommon) button (fastener, especially a big one)

   Synonym: butones

3. (uncommon) act of fastening a button

Alternative forms

• buton

Derived terms

• botonan

Related terms

• butones

Etymology 2

See botong.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈboton/ [ˈboː.t̪on̪], /boˈton/ [boˈt̪on̪]
• Rhymes: -oton, -on
• Syllabification: bo‧ton

Noun

boton or botón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜓᜈ᜔)

1. alternative form of botong

Venetan

Etymology

Old French boton, from bouter (“to strike; to push, to thrust”), of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈtoŋ/
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: bo‧tón

Noun

boton m (plural botoni or butuni)

1. button, key (to be pushed or pressed)
2. button (on clothing)