bouton French · revision 15912

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1160–1185|origins=frk *bōtan}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /bu.tɔ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''bouton''' ''m'' (plural boutons)^(Wiktionary)

+ [[fro|boton]], ''bouton''.^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[bouter|t=to push, thrust]], as is [[bout]],^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(FEW|15/1, 222a) the bud being what the plant pushes out, as “pousse” is from “pousser”.^(DHLF 1992) The verb is from [[frk|*bōtan|t=to strike, push]], compare [[non|bauta|t=to strike]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Wiktionary gives instead a Vulgar Latin noun “*bautō”, from a Frankish “*bautō” “knob, bump”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ [[it|bottone]] and [[es|botón]] are borrowed from French.^(Wiktionary) [[en|button]] is from the Old French and Anglo-Norman “boton”.^(AND)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It first meant a bud (1160–1185);^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005) in ''Roncevaux'' (12th century) it is already a thing of no value: ''ne vaut mie un boton''.^(Littré 1873)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In 1236 it named an unopened flower, as in ''bouton de rose'', and plant names such as ''bouton-d'or''.^(DHLF 1992) By likeness it named, very early (1170–1171), a small round piece used to fasten a garment;^(DHLF 1992) ''boutonner'' “to button” (1344), ''déboutonner'' (1420) and ''boutonnière'' (1383) followed.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) ''Boutons de manchette'' dates from 1876 (Zola).^(DHLF 1992)

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+ From the 14th century it was also a knob for gripping things (1380), a door handle (1471), and in the 20th century an electric push-button.^(DHLF 1992) Since 1530 it has named a pimple on the skin, whence ''boutonneux'' (1863) and ''donner des boutons à qqn'' “to make someone's skin crawl”.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Molière's ''serrer le bouton à qqn'', from the button of a bridle, meant “to keep a tight rein on”.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1160–1185 – ''Bouton'' “bud”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1170–1171 – A button on a garment.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1236 – A flower bud.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1344 – ''Boutonner''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1380 – A knob.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1471 – A door knob.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1530 – A pimple.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1876 – ''Boutons de manchette'' in Zola.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|button]] on a garment: ''recoudre un bouton'', ''boutons de manchette'': cufflinks.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Larousse)

+ # A knob, handle: ''bouton de porte''.^(Larousse)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # A switch, push-button: ''appuyer sur le bouton'', ''(computing)'' a button on a screen.^(Larousse)

+ # ''(botany)'' A [[m|en|bud]]; a flower bud: ''rose en bouton''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

+ # A [[m|en|pimple]], spot: ''bouton d'acné'', ''bouton de fièvre''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Donner des boutons à qqn'': to make someone sick, get on someone's nerves.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Le Robert)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[boutonner]]

+ * [[déboutonner]]

+ * [[boutonnière]]

+ * [[boutonneux]]

+ * [[bouton-d'or]]

+ * [[bouton-pression]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bouter]]

+ * [[bout]]

+ * [[en|button]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}