bottine

English

Etymology

From French bottine. See boot (“type of footwear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɒˈtiːn/

Noun

bottine (plural bottines)

1. A small boot; a lady's boot.
2. An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or prevent distortions in the lower extremities of children.

References

• “bottine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Bonetti

French

Etymology

From botte +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.tin/

• Audio:

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Noun

bottine f (plural bottines)

1. (ankle) boot

Descendants

• → Russian: ботинок (botinok)
  • → Kazakh: бәтеңке (bäteñke)
  • → Tajik: ботинка (botinka)
  • → Uzbek: botinka
  • → Turkmen: botinka
  • → Bulgarian: бота (bota)
• → Romanian: botină, botuș
  • → Bulgarian: ботуш (botuš)
• → Persian: پوتین (putin)
• → Northern Kurdish: putîn
• → Finnish: patiini

Further reading

• “bottine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bientôt
• boitent
• obtient