boutade

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French boutade, from bouter (“to thrust”). See butt. === Noun === boutade (plural boutades) A sudden outbreak or outburst; a caprice, a whim. == Dutch == === Etymology === From French boutade. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbuˈtaː.də/ Hyphenation: bou‧ta‧de Rhymes: -aːdə === Noun === boutade f (plural boutades, no diminutive) witticism == French == === Etymology === Earlier boutée, from bouter (“to push”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bu.tad/ === Noun === boutade f (plural boutades) caprice, whim quip, joke dire quelque chose en boutade ― to say something jokingly === Further reading === “boutade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French boutade. Doublet of buttata. === Noun === boutade f (invariable) witticism, wisecrack == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French boutade. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buˈtad/ [buˈt̪að̞] Rhymes: -ad === Noun === boutade f (plural boutades) wisecrack ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “boutade”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025