butin
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French butin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /by.tɛ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
butin m (plural butins)
- loot, booty (the proceeds of theft, robbery etc., swag, contraband)
- what is obtained or amassed by laborious collection
- what is collected by insects such as bees or ants; a load of pollen, nectar, etc.
- (Louisiana) furniture
- (Louisiana) belongings, household possessions
Further reading
- “butin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Vulgar Latin *boudinus, from Gaulish *boudi, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”), or perhaps from Vulgar Latin *būtīnus, from Old Dutch *būti, possibly also from Gaulish.
Noun
butin oblique singular, m (oblique plural butins, nominative singular butins, nominative plural butin)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (butin, supplement)
- Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology
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