"unbutton" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈbʌtən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unbutton.wav Forms: unbuttons [present, singular, third-person], unbuttoning [participle, present], unbuttoned [participle, past], unbuttoned [past]
Rhymes: -ʌtən Etymology: From Middle English onbottonen, unbotonen; equivalent to un- + button. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|onbottonen}} Middle English onbottonen, {{pre|en|un-|button|id1=reversive}} un- + button Head templates: {{en-verb}} unbutton (third-person singular simple present unbuttons, present participle unbuttoning, simple past and past participle unbuttoned)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To open (something) by undoing its buttons. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations ((transitive)): откопчавам (otkopčavam) [feminine] (Bulgarian), desbotonar (Catalan), avata napit (Finnish), déboutonner (French), desabotoar (Galician), aufknöpfen (German), ξεκουμπώνω (xekoumpóno) (Greek), desbutonagar (Ido), sbottonare (Italian), desabotoar (Portuguese), descheia (Romanian), desabotonar (Spanish), knäppa upp (Swedish), çözmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-unbutton-en-verb-kivrdB6z Disambiguation of '(transitive)': 92 8
  2. (intransitive, ergative) To come open by having its buttons unfastened. Tags: ergative, intransitive
    Sense id: en-unbutton-en-verb-6QOfsYta Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- (reversive), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: unbuttoned

Inflected forms

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