buttonhole

Etymology
Originally, but changed by folk etymology by influence of ; see the Wikipedia article on folk etymology

Noun

 * 1) A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
 * 2)  A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
 * 3)  So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
 * 4)   A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
 * 5) The mouth and/or nose and/or eyes if appearing tiny.
 * 6)  vagina, coin slot.
 * 7)   The butthole anus.
 * 1) The mouth and/or nose and/or eyes if appearing tiny.
 * 2)  vagina, coin slot.
 * 3)   The butthole anus.
 * 1)   The butthole anus.
 * 1)   The butthole anus.

Translations

 * Arabic: عُرْوَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bikol: ohal
 * Bulgarian: или́к
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 紐孔
 * Czech: knoflíková dírka
 * Danish: knaphul
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: butontruo
 * Faroese: knapphol
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, ollete
 * Gallurese: traccu
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: חור כפתור,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: poll cnaipe
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ボタン穴
 * Macedonian: илик, илика
 * Maranao: batawiyan
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: knapphull, knapphol
 * Nynorsk: knapphol
 * Persian: جا دکمه, انگیله
 * Plautdietsch: Knooploch
 * Polish: dziurka od guzika
 * Portuguese: casa de botão, ,
 * Punjabi: ਕਾਜ
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese: trau
 * Logudorese: ayette, oyètte, traùccu
 * Sassarese: traoccu
 * Scottish Gaelic: toll-putain, cneap-tholl
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ѝлик, ѝлика, за̑мчица, о̏мча
 * Latin: ìlik,, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: петля́, пете́лька
 * Welsh: twll botwm
 * Yiddish: קנאָפּלאָך


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: knaphulsblomst
 * Dutch: boutonnière
 * Finnish: rintakukka
 * French:
 * German: Boutonniere
 * Icelandic: blóm í hnappagat, blóm í barm
 * Macedonian: илик, илика
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: knapphullsblomst, knappholsblomst
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ѝлик, ѝлика, за̑мчица, ко̏в, о̏мча
 * Latin: ìlik,, , ,
 * Swedish: knapphålsblomma

Verb

 * 1)  To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
 * 2)  To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
 * 3)  To sew by buttonhole stitch.
 * 4)  To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally).
 * 5)  To apply a flowery formation in.
 * 6)  To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting.
 * 1)  To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
 * 2)  To sew by buttonhole stitch.
 * 3)  To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally).
 * 4)  To apply a flowery formation in.
 * 5)  To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting.
 * 1)  To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting.

Translations

 * Finnish: napata rintapielestä
 * French:
 * Spanish: cazar al espartillo