ボタン

Japanese

Etymology 1
Katakana ボタン
Kanji 釦
鈕

From Portuguese botão and English button.

Pronunciation

Noun

ボタン (hiragana ぼたん, rōmaji botan)

  1. a button (clothing)
  2. a button (mechanical device)
Usage notes

This term is written in kanji only rarely.

Synonyms
  • 押 (お)しボタン (oshibotan)

Etymology 2

From Chinese.

Pronunciation

Noun

ボタン (rōmaji botan)

  1. 牡丹: peony

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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