name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Standard Lemma guide
butte
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbjuːt/
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Southern-US: /ˈbʌt/
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rhymes with -uːt
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homophone: beaut
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CMU ARPABET: B Y UW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A placename
A census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A placename
A city, the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, with which it is a consolidated city-county known as Butte-Silver Bow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A placename
A village, the county seat of Boyd County, Nebraska, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A placename
A city and village in McLean County, North Dakota, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Meaning 7
a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: town
noun
Meaning 8
a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hill
History
Etymology
Perhaps a variant spelling of Butt.
PIE word *bhudhmḗn Borrowed from French butte (“mound”). Related to butt via a West Germanic cognate.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: شاهد صخري — hill
- Azerbaijani: qalıq — hill
- Catalan: mola — hill
- Danish: butte — hill
- Finnish: butte — hill
- French: butte — hill
- French: gour — hill
- German: Härtling — hill
- Irish: buta — hill
- Italian: butte — hill
- Italian: tacco — hill
- Kabuverdianu: rubon — hill
- Navajo: dah azką́ — hill
- Portuguese: planalto — hill
- Russian: холм с крутыми склонами (xolm s krutymi sklonami) — hill
- Russian: остане́ц (ostanéc) — hill
- Sardinian: tacchixeddu — hill
- Sardinian: taccu — hill
- Spanish: cuello volcánico — hill
- Spanish: otero — hill
- Spanish: páramo — hill
- Thai: เนินยอดป้าน — hill
- Turkish: tanık tepe — hill
- Ottoman Turkish: كومه (küme) — hill
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