"butte" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /byt/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-butte.wav Forms: buttes [plural]
Etymology: Feminine form of but (“aim, target”). Etymology templates: {{m|fr|but||aim, target}} but (“aim, target”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} butte f (plural buttes)
  1. small hill, mound, hillock; knoll Tags: feminine Categories (place): Landforms Synonyms: colline, tertre, motte
    Sense id: en-butte-fr-noun-PvanIn~H Disambiguation of Landforms: 53 12 32 3 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 45 21 32 1
  2. heap Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-butte-fr-noun-EDo2DyhR
  3. (archery) a mound of dirt upon which targets were placed to practice shooting Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Archery
    Sense id: en-butte-fr-noun-mSjKeJTm Topics: archery, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
  4. (by extension, figurative) butt, target Tags: broadly, feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-butte-fr-noun-zou~~JlQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: buttereau, être en butte, butter

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for butte meaning in French (3.0kB)

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