button

Etymology 1
From, , from (Modern 🇨🇬), from , , ultimately from a  language. . More at.

Noun

 * 1) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
 * 2) A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
 * 3)  An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
 * 4)  A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
 * 5)  A bud.
 * 6) The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
 * 7)  The clitoris.
 * 8)  The center (bullseye) of the house.
 * 9)  The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
 * 10)   A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
 * 11)  The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
 * 12)  A person who acts as a decoy.
 * 13) A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.
 * 14)  The end of a runway.
 * 15)  A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
 * 16) A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
 * 17) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
 * 18) A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
 * 19) A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
 * 20)  A unit of length equal to $1/12$ inch.
 * 21)  The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
 * 22)   The oblate spheroidal mass of glass attaching a stem to either its bowl or foot.
 * 23)  In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
 * , part of a violin-family instrument.
 * 1) The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
 * 2)  The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.
 * 3)  The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
 * 4)  A button man; a professional assassin.
 * 5) * 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)
 * FREDO: Mikey, why would they ever hit poor old Frankie Five-Angels? I loved that ole sonuvabitch. I remember when he was just a 'button,' when we were kids.
 * 1) The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
 * 2)  A clove.
 * 3)  Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
 * 1) The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
 * 2)  The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.
 * 3)  The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
 * 4)  A button man; a professional assassin.
 * 5) * 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)
 * FREDO: Mikey, why would they ever hit poor old Frankie Five-Angels? I loved that ole sonuvabitch. I remember when he was just a 'button,' when we were kids.
 * 1) The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
 * 2)  A clove.
 * 3)  Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
 * 1)  A button man; a professional assassin.
 * 2) * 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)
 * FREDO: Mikey, why would they ever hit poor old Frankie Five-Angels? I loved that ole sonuvabitch. I remember when he was just a 'button,' when we were kids.
 * 1) The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
 * 2)  A clove.
 * 3)  Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
 * 1)  A clove.
 * 2)  Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
 * 1)  Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.

Usage notes
For senses 2 and 3, a button is often marked by a verb rather than a noun, and the button itself is named with the verb followed by button. For example, a button to start something is generally called a start button.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: knoop
 * Albanian: thumbull, ,
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic: زِرّ
 * Egyptian Arabic: زرار
 * Gulf Arabic: زرار
 * Iraqi Arabic: دگمة
 * Moroccan Arabic: صدفة
 * Aragonese: botón
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: nastur
 * Assamese: বুটাম, গুনঠি, গুদাম
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܵܪܘܿܩܬܵܐ
 * Asturian: botón
 * Avar: маргъал
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: төймә
 * Basque: botoi
 * Belarusian: гу́зік
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Buryat: тобшо
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎦᏙᏗ, ᎦᏘᏗ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 鈕, 紐
 * Hakka: 鈕仔
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: dögme, sadef
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: botaun
 * Danish: knap
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: butono
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: knappur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: boton
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: ღილი
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Chnopf
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: બટન
 * Hausa: anini
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik: Knopp
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingrian: nyblä, nappi, nappu
 * Irish:, cnaipí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: boton
 * Kalmyk: товч
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دوگمە, قۆپچە
 * Laki: گِژِک
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ປຸ່ມ,
 * Latgalian: pūga
 * Latvian: poga
 * Lingala: butó
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: Knapp
 * Macedonian: копче
 * Malay:
 * Manchu: ᡨᠣᡥᠣᠨ
 * Maori: pātene
 * Maranao: batawi
 * Marathi: ,
 * Middle English: botoun
 * Mirandese:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠪᠴᠢ
 * Nanai: тохон
 * Norman: bouton
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: knapp
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: دوگمه, زر
 * Pashto: تکمه
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: buttun, battung , büttel , nuv , nouf
 * Russian:
 * Samogitian: guziks
 * Scottish Gaelic: putan
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пуце, дугме, гумб
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: gombík
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Sylheti: ꠛꠥꠔꠣꠋ, ꠉꠥꠔꠣꠝ, ꠛꠥꠔꠣꠝ
 * Tagalog: butones
 * Tajik:
 * Taos: bùtúnena, mǫ̀tunéna, mųstúnena
 * Tatar: төймө
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan: ཐེབ་འཇུ
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ilik
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uyghur: تۈگمە
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Volapük:
 * Yakut: тимэх
 * Yiddish: קנאָפּ


 * Albanian: buton
 * Arabic: زِرّ
 * Gulf Arabic: دقمة
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܵܪܘܿܩܬܵܐ
 * Asturian: botón
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: төймә
 * Basque: botoi
 * Belarusian: кно́пка
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, буто́н
 * Burmese:
 * Carpathian Rusyn: ґомбик, ґомбиця
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 掣, 按鈕
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: dögme
 * Czech:
 * Danish: knap
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: butono
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: knøttur, knappur
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ღილაკი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kashubian: knąpa
 * Kazakh: кнопка
 * Khmer: ប៊ូតុង
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دوگمە
 * Kyrgyz: кнопка
 * Lao: ປຸ່ມ
 * Latvian: poga
 * Lithuanian: mygtukas
 * Luxembourgish: Tast
 * Macedonian: копче
 * Malay:
 * Maori: pātene
 * Marathi: ,
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠪᠴᠢ, ᠺᠨᠣᠫ
 * Norwegian: trykknapp,
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Samogitian: mīgtoks
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: типка, гумб, дугме, пуце
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovak: tlačidlo
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: tasta
 * Upper Sorbian: tasta
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swazi: likinobho
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pindutan, boton
 * Tajik: ,
 * Thai:, ปุ่มกด
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: knopka
 * Ukrainian: кно́пка
 * Urdu: بٹن
 * Uyghur: كۇنۇپكا
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Arabic:
 * Gulf Arabic: دقمة
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܵܪܘܿܩܬܵܐ
 * Bashkir: төймә
 * Bulgarian:, буто́н
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 掣, 按鈕
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: butono
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: knøttur, knappur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Icelandic: valhnappur, ,
 * Ido:
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: poga
 * Luxembourgish: Knäppchen
 * Macedonian: копче
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: типка, гумб, дугме, пуце
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: кно́пка
 * Zulu: inkinobho


 * Bulgarian: значкá
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 襟章
 * Mandarin: 小徽章
 * Czech: odznak,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: barmmerki
 * Ido:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: значка
 * Marathi: ,
 * Middle English: botoun
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: значка
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: značka
 * Spanish:, prendedor
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Asturian: botón
 * Bashkir: бөрө
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, pupenec
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Luxembourgish: Knapp, Knosp
 * Macedonian: пупка
 * Middle English: botoun
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пупољак
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Indonesian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: kärkihylsy
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * Swedish:


 * French:


 * Georgian:
 * Gujarati:
 * Hebrew: (2,3,4)
 * Hindi:
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean: (2,3),  (2)
 * Punjabi:
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian: (1),  (2),  (3)
 * Welsh:

Etymology 2
From, , from the noun (see above).

Verb

 * 1)  To fasten with a button.
 * 2)  To be fastened by a button or buttons.
 * 3)   To stop talking.
 * 1)   To stop talking.
 * 1)   To stop talking.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: abotonar
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 扣
 * Hokkien: 鈕
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: knappe
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: kneppa, knappa
 * Finnish:, kiinnittää napilla
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: hneppa
 * Ido:
 * Macedonian: закопчува
 * Norwegian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: دوگمه‌لمك
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: zapeti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish: