"unbutton" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌnˈbʌtən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unbutton.wav [UK] 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, {{m|enm|unbotonen}} unbotonen, {{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) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: unbuttoned

Inflected forms

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