butch

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʊt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ʊtʃ === Etymology 1 === Originally, it was probably used as an abbreviation of butcher. Later, in the 1940s, the sense of “masculine lesbian” developed. ==== Adjective ==== butch (comparative butcher or more butch, superlative butchest or most butch) (originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude. Synonyms: manly, mannish, masc, masculine; unfeminine Antonyms: femme, feminine Of a woman (usually lesbian), having a masculine appearance, or attitude. Antonyms: femme, feminine ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== butch (plural butches) (slang, LGBTQ, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner. Synonyms: bull dyke, dyke; see also Thesaurus:female homosexual Antonym: femme 1997, Bi Academic Intervention, Bisexual Imaginary: Representation, Identity, and Desire, A&C Black (→ISBN), page 30, quoting Jo Eadie: Coming out appeals to the narcissistic pleasure of presenting to another a finished image of ourselves, which they return to us in exactly the same form: [someone tells] you [they are] a bisexual butch, and you confirm it. But instead, it seems all too likely – especially, perhaps, for bisexuals, whose claims to identity always need that much more proof – that no such mirror-image will be returned. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from butcher. ==== Verb ==== butch (third-person singular simple present butches, present participle butching, simple past and past participle butched) (nonstandard, intransitive) To work as a butcher. (nonstandard, transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market. === References === === Anagrams === bucht == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English butch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /butʃ/ === Noun === butch f (plural butchs) (gay slang) butch (masculine queer woman) (contrast fem) == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from English butch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bʊt͡ʃ] === Adjective === butch (indeclinable) butch ==== Synonyms ==== butchig === Further reading === “butch” in Duden online “butch”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German)