button

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
  2. noun an electrical switch operated by pressing
  3. noun any of various plant parts that resemble buttons

Etymology

From Middle English boton, botoun, from Old French boton (Modern French bouton), from Old French bouter, boter (“to push; thrust”), ultimately from a Germanic language. Doublet of bouton, Biden, and beat. More at butt.

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