butte

See also: Butte and butté

English

Buttes

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbjut]

Etymology

A butte.

Borrowing from French butte.

Noun

butte (plural buttes)

1. (US) an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top

Translations

hill

• German: Härtling (de) m
• Navajo: dah azką́

• Portuguese: planalto (pt) m
• Russian: холм с крутыми склонами, останец (ru) m (ostanec)

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French

Etymology

Etymological sense of "target": feminine form of but.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /byt/

Noun

butte f (plural buttes)

1. heap
   • Faire une butte autour des plants de pomme de terre.
2. small hill

Synonyms

• colline, tertre