bouton

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French bouton. Doublet of button. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /buːˈtɒn/ === Noun === bouton (plural boutons) A bud-like swelling, especially one at the end of an axon. terminal bouton;   synaptic bouton presynaptic bouton;   postsynaptic bouton ==== Derived terms ==== interbouton superbouton === Anagrams === unboot == Antillean Creole == === Etymology === From French bouton. === Noun === bouton button rash == Champenois == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bu.tõ/ === Noun === bouton m alternative form of bouchon == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French bouton, boton, from Old French bouton, boton (“button, bud”), from Vulgar Latin *bautōnem, accusative of bautō, from Frankish *bautō (“that which pushes up, bump, knob”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to beat, push”). By surface analysis, bouter (“to push”) +‎ -on. Cognate with Old High German bōzo (“bundle, flaxbundle”), Old Saxon bōto (“bunch or bundle of flaxs”). Compare Italian bottone, Spanish botón, which are borrowings of the French word. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bu.tɔ̃/ === Noun === bouton m (plural boutons) button (botany) bud (pathology, dermatology) pimple, spot, zit ==== Derived terms ==== bouton d'or bouton de fièvre bouton de manchette ==== Descendants ==== Antillean Creole: bouton → Bulgarian: бутон (buton) → English: bouton → Khmer: ប៊ូតុង (buutong) → Malagasy: bokotra → Romanian: buton → Russian: бутон (buton) → Turkish: buton === Further reading === “bouton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “bouton” in Dico en ligne Le Robert. == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French boton, from Late Latin *bottōnem, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bautō (“that which pushes up, bump, knob”). === Noun === bouton m (plural boutons) (Jersey) button