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Image:Shirt_button.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Shirt button (sense 1)
Image:Enter_button.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Push button (sense 2)
Image:Buttons_5a.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Badge buttons (sense 4)

Pronunciation
IPA|/'b�t.�n/, SAMPA|/"bVt.@n/
audio|en-us-button.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�t�n|-�t�n

Noun
en-noun

1. A knob or disc that is passed through a slit (buttonhole) in the adjacent material, serving as a fastener.

#:April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.

1. A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.

#:Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.

1. computing In computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.

#:Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.

1. A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

#:The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.

1. botany A bud.
2. slang The clitoris.
3. curling The center (bullseye) of the house.
4. fencing The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
5. poker A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
6. poker The player who is last to act, who possesses the button.

Derived terms
buttonhole
button pusher
cute as a button
eject button
panic button
power button
push one's buttons
stay-button

Translations
trans-top|knob or small disc serving as a fastener
Chinese : ��, �� (kòu zi)
Croatian: t-|hr|gumb|m, t-|hr|dugme|n
Finnish: t-|fi|nappi
Icelandic: t+|is|tala|f, t-|is|hnappur|m
Japanese: t-|ja|���|trbotan|scJpan
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Kurdish: KUchar|د�گ���, KUchar|��پ���
Polish: t|pl|guzik|m
Russian: t+|ru|п�гови�а|f|trpúgovica|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|gumb|m
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trans-top|a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger
Chinese: ��, �� (àn ni�)
Croatian: t-|hr|gumb|m, t-|hr|dugme|n
Finnish: t-|fi|painike, t-|fi|painonappi
Icelandic: t-|is|takki|n, t-|is|hnappur|m
Japanese: t-|ja|���|trbotan|scJpan
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Kurdish: KUchar|د�گ���
Polish: t|pl|guzik|m, t|pl|przycisk|m
Russian: t+|ru|кнопка|f|trknópka|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|gumb|m
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trans-top|in computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected
Chinese: ��, �� (àn ni�)
Croatian: t-|hr|gumb|m, t-|hr|dugme|n
Finnish: t-|fi|painike
Icelandic: t-|is|valhnappur|m, t-|is|hnappur|m, t-|is|takki|m
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Japanese: t-|ja|���|trbotan|scJpan
Polish: t|pl|przycisk|m
Russian: t+|ru|кнопка|f|trknópka|scCyrl
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trans-top|a badge worn on clothes
Chinese: �徽章, �徽章 (xi�o huī zh�ng)
Finnish: t-|fi|rintanappi
Icelandic: t-|is|barmmerki|n
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Japanese: t-|ja|���|trbotan|scJpan
Slovene: t-|sl|zna�ka|f
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trans-top|botany: a bud
Chinese: �, � (yá)
Croatian: t-|hr|pupoljak|m
Finnish: t-|fi|nuppu
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trans-top|slang: clitoris

Chinese: ��, �� (hu� l�i)
Finnish: t-|fi|nappula
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trans-top|curling: bullseye
Finnish: t+|fi|nänni
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trans-top|fencing: a soft tip of the foil
Finnish: t-|fi|kärkihylsy
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trans-top|poker: dealer's button
Finnish: t-|fi|nappi
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ttbc|Catalan: botó
ttbc|Dutch: knop m (2), badge f (3)
ttbc|Esperanto: butono
ttbc|French: bouton m (2), badge m (3)
ttbc|Galician: botón
ttbc|German: Knopf m, Taste
ttbc|Gujarati: બ�તાન (but�na)
ttbc|Greek: κο�μ�ί n
ttbc|Hebrew: �פת�ר (kaftor) m (2,3,4)
ttbc|Hindi: ब�न (baṭana)
ttbc|Hungarian: gomb
ttbc|Ido: butono
ttbc|Indonesian: kancing, tombol
ttbc|Italian: bottone m, tasto m
ttbc|Korean: �� (danchu) (2,3), �� (2)
ttbc|Portuguese: botão m (2)
ttbc|Punjabi: ਬ�ਣ (baṭa�a)
ttbc|Spanish: botón
ttbc|Swedish: knapp (2), pin (3), brosch (3), märkesnål (3)
ttbc|Tagalog: butones
ttbc|Telugu: ���డ� (gundee), బ�త�తామ� (bottaamu)
ttbc|Ukrainian: ��дзик (gúdzyk) m (1), кнопка (knopka) f (2), клав��а (kláviša) f (3)
ttbc|Welsh: botum
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See also
switch
toggle
trigger

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To fasten with a button.

Translations
trans-top|to fasten with a button
Finnish: napittaa, kiinnittää nappi|napilla
Icelandic: t-|is|hneppa
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Russian: за��егива�� (zast'ógivat') impf, за��егн��� (zast'egnút') pf
Slovene: zapeti
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Derived terms
button one's lip
button up

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• 2007-12-30 19:59 - Chloejr - checked chinese translation

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