butin

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French butin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /by.tɛ̃/ === Noun === butin m (plural butins) loot, booty (the proceeds of theft, robbery etc., swag, contraband) what is obtained or amassed by laborious collection what is collected by insects such as bees or ants; a load of pollen, nectar, etc. (Louisiana) furniture (Louisiana) belongings, household possessions ==== Descendants ==== → Breton: butin → Catalan: botí === Further reading === “butin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN) == Old French == === Alternative forms === botin === Etymology === Uncertain; possibly from Vulgar Latin *boudinus, from Gaulish *boudi, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”), or perhaps from Vulgar Latin *būtīnus, from Old Dutch *būti, possibly also from Gaulish. === Noun === butin oblique singular, m (oblique plural butins, nominative singular butins, nominative plural butin) spoils, plunder, booty allotment ==== Derived terms ==== butiner Middle French: butiner French: butiner → Italian: bottinare → Middle Dutch: butineren ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: butin French: butin→ Breton: butin→ Catalan: botí → Italian: bottino → Middle English: bottyne, botye, butyEnglish: booty, bootyn (archaic) === References === Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (butin, supplement) Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology == Venetan == === Alternative forms === butìn === Noun === butin m (plural butini) child