ボタン

Japanese

Etymology 1

From Portuguese botão and English button.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ぼたん [bòtáń] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [bo̞tã̠ɴ]

Noun

ボタン (hiragana ぼたん, rōmaji botan)

a button (clothing)
釦, 鈕: a button (mechanical device)

Usage notes

This term is written in kanji only for push-buttons and only rarely.

Synonyms

押 (お)しボタン (oshibotan)

Etymology 2

From Chinese.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ぼたん [bóꜜtàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [bo̞tã̠ɴ]

Noun

ボタン (rōmaji botan)

牡丹: peony

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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