bottine
English
Etymology
From French bottine. See boot (“type of footwear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɒˈtiːn/
Noun
bottine (plural bottines)
- A small boot; a lady's boot.
- An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or prevent distortions in the lower extremities of children.[1]
References
- ^ 1839, Robley Dunglison, “BOTTINE”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:
- “bottine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ.tin/
Audio: (file)
Noun
bottine f (plural bottines)
- (ankle) boot
Descendants
- → Russian: ботинок (botinok)
- → 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.