butte en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈbjuːt/
- /ˈbʌt/ (Southern-US)
Etymology
PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn Borrowed from French butte (“mound”). Related to butt via a West Germanic cognate.
Meanings
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(US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].
2013 November 27, John Grotzinger, “The world of Mars”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| buttes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Box Butte County · Butte Creek Canyon · Lone Butte · Nipple Butte · Mount Crested Butte · Hart Butte · Butte Creek · Butte County · Butte Meadows · Crested Butte · Butte Falls · Butte Valley
Translations (24)
it butte (hill) · ar شاهد صخري (hill) · ca mola (hill) · de Härtling (hill) · it tacco (hill) · nv dah azką́ (hill) · sc tacchixeddu (hill) · az qalıq (hill) · fr butte (hill) · tr tanık tepe (hill) · fr gour (hill) · ota كومه (hill) · sc taccu (hill) · es páramo (hill) · da butte (hill) · th เนินยอดป้าน (hill) · pt planalto (hill) · kea rubon (hill) · ru холм с крутыми склонами (hill) · fi butte (hill) · es cuello volcánico (hill) · ru остане́ц (hill) · es otero (hill) · ga buta (hill)