"butte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbjuːt/, /ˈbʌt/ [Southern-US] Audio: En-us-butte.ogg Forms: buttes [plural]
Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn Borrowed from French butte (“mound”). Related to butt via a West Germanic cognate. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|bʰudʰmḗn}} PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn, {{dercat|en|frm|fro|frk|gmw-pro|gem-pro}}, {{bor|en|fr|butte||mound}} French butte (“mound”), {{der|en|gmw}} West Germanic Head templates: {{en-noun}} butte (plural buttes)
  1. (US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top. Tags: US Categories (place): Landforms Translations (hill): شاهد صخري (Arabic), qalıq (Azerbaijani), mola [feminine] (Catalan), butte [common-gender] (Danish), butte (Finnish), butte [feminine] (French), Härtling [masculine] (German), buta [masculine] (Irish), butte [feminine] (Italian), tacco [masculine] (Italian), rubon (Kabuverdianu), dah azką́ (Navajo), planalto [masculine] (Portuguese), холм с крутыми склонами (xolm s krutymi sklonami) (Russian), остане́ц (ostanéc) [masculine] (Russian), tacchixeddu [masculine] (Sardinian), taccu [masculine] (Sardinian), cuello volcánico [masculine] (Spanish), otero [masculine] (Spanish), páramo [masculine] (Spanish), เนินยอดป้าน (Thai), tanık tepe (Turkish)

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