ボタン

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
釦 (rare)
鈕 (rare)

From Portuguese botão;[1][2] compare English button.

First cited to 1651.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ぼたん [bòtáń] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [bo̞tã̠ɴ]
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Noun

ボタン • (botan) 

  1. [from 1651] a button (clothing)
  2. [from 1885] a button (mechanical device)
    Synonym: 押しボタン (oshi-botan, literally “push-button”)

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of ボタン – see the following entry.
【牡丹ぼたん】
[noun] a peony, especially the Chinese tree peony, Paeonia suffruticosa
[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of peony petals and twigs
[noun] (historical) boar meat
[noun] (card games) a suit in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of June
[proper noun] a place name
[proper noun] a surname
[proper noun] a female given name
(This term, ボタン, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ボタン, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ボタン.)

References
  1. “鈕・釦”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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