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bottone

button

noun boht-TOH-neh Rare
Home & Lifestyle Clothing

Origin: From Old French boton ('bud, button').

Also means

bud

Usage Note

Bottone is the standard word for a clothing button: cucire un bottone ('to sew on a button'). It also means a bud or knob in certain contexts. The plural bottoni is regular. Do not confuse with pulsante or tasto, which are used for push-buttons on devices and keyboards. The idiom attaccare bottone means 'to buttonhole someone' — to corner them for a long chat.

Examples

"Mi è caduto un bottone dalla camicia."

Natural Translation

A button fell off my shirt.

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