butones
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish botones, plural of botón, possibly from botar, or from French bouton.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bu‧to‧nes
Noun
butones
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bitones
- botones
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish botones, plural of botón. Doublet of boton.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈtones/ [bʊˈt̪oː.n̪ɛs]
- Rhymes: -ones
- Syllabification: bu‧to‧nes
Noun
butones (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜓᜈᜒᜐ᜔)
- button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
- Synonym: (uncommon) boton
- act of fastening a button
Derived terms
- butones-butonesan
- butonesan
- magbutones
- pambutones
Related terms
- boton
- botonsilyo
- malabuton
Further reading
- “butones”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “butones”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018