butch

See also: Butch

English

Etymology

Originally it was probably used as an abbreviation of butcher. Later, in the 1940s, the sense "masculine lesbian" was developed.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʊtʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊtʃ

Adjective

butch (comparative butcher or more butch, superlative butchest or most butch)

  1. (slang, originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
    • 1967, Kenneth Williams as Sandy, Round the Horne, written by Barry Took and Marty Feldmen:
      There, look, Mr. Horne! Vada that great butch lucoddy!
    • 1998, Weston, Kath, Render Me, Gender Me: Lesbians Talk Sex, Class, Color, Nation, Studmuffins‎, Columbia University Press, →ISBN:
      Then I started going out with different kinds of women, and I started feeling more like I wanted to be more butch. […] I feel much more butch than I feel femme.

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Noun

butch (plural butches)

  1. (slang, LGBT, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.

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German

Etymology

From English butch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bʊt͡ʃ]

Adjective

butch (not comparable)

  1. butch

Declension
Declension of butch
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist butch sie ist butch es ist butch sie sind butch
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative butcher butche butches butche
genitive butchen butcher butchen butcher
dative butchem butcher butchem butchen
accusative butchen butche butches butche
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der butche die butche das butche die butchen
genitive des butchen der butchen des butchen der butchen
dative dem butchen der butchen dem butchen den butchen
accusative den butchen die butche das butche die butchen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein butcher eine butche ein butches (keine) butchen
genitive eines butchen einer butchen eines butchen (keiner) butchen
dative einem butchen einer butchen einem butchen (keinen) butchen
accusative einen butchen eine butche ein butches (keine) butchen

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