"butte" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /byt/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-butte.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: buttes [plural]
Etymology: Feminine form of but (“aim, target”). Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} butte f (plural buttes)
  1. small hill, mound, hillock; knoll Tags: feminine Synonyms: colline, tertre, motte
    Sense id: en-butte-fr-noun-PvanIn~H Categories (other): Landforms Disambiguation of Landforms: 52 4 39 4
  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
    Sense id: en-butte-fr-noun-mSjKeJTm Categories (other): Archery, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 35 4 57 4 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

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "52 4 39 4",
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          "hillock",
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        ],
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          "knoll",
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        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "colline"
        },
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          "word": "tertre"
        },
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        }
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          "english": "Make a heap around the potato plants.",
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        ],
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        },
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        {
          "word": "motte"
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