botão

See also: bōtáo and bōtāo

Portuguese

botões

botão

Etymology

From Old French bouton.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈtɐ̃w̃/ [boˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈtɐ̃w̃/

• Homophone: Butão (Portugal)
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: bo‧tão

Noun

botão m (plural botões)

1. button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
2. button (which is pressed)
3. bud (of flower)

Derived terms

• abotoar

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: boton
• → Bengali: বোতাম (bōtam)
  • → Assamese: বুটাম (butam), গুদাম (gudam)
  • → Sylheti: ꠉꠥꠔꠣꠝ (gutam)
• → Gujarati: બુતાન (butān)
• → Indonesian: botang
• → Japanese: ボタン (botan)
• → Malay: butang
  • Indonesian: butang
• → Mbyá Guaraní: motõ

Further reading

• “botão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.