butte

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French butte (“mound”). Related to butt via a West Germanic cognate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbjuːt/ (Southern US) IPA(key): /ˈbʌt/ Rhymes: -uːt Homophone: beaut === Noun === butte (plural buttes) (US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top. Coordinate term: mesa ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === butte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Adjective === butte definite of but plural of but == French == === Etymology === Feminine form of but (“aim, target”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /byt/ === Noun === butte f (plural buttes) small hill, mound, hillock; knoll Synonyms: colline, tertre, motte heap (archery) a mound of dirt upon which targets were placed to practice shooting (by extension, figurative) butt, target ==== Derived terms ==== buttereau être en butte butter ==== Descendants ==== → English: butte === Further reading === “butte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Noun === butte ablative singular of buttis == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English byt, bytt (“small piece of land”) and *butt (attested in diminutive Old English buttuc (“end, small piece of land”) > English buttock), from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /but/ ==== Noun ==== butte (plural buttes) butt ===== Descendants ===== English: butt Yola: butts (plural) ===== References ===== “butte, n.(4)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== butte (AB language) alternative form of bitte == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === butte definite singular of butt plural of butt == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === butte definite singular of butt plural of butt