Button in Different Languages
Discover 'Button' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Button
Afrikaans knoppie | ||
Albanian butoni | ||
Amharic አዝራር | ||
Arabic زر | ||
Armenian կոճակ | ||
Assamese বুটাম | ||
Aymara wutuna | ||
Azerbaijani düyməsini basın | ||
Bambara butɔn | ||
Basque botoia | ||
Belarusian кнопка | ||
Bengali বোতাম | ||
Bhojpuri बटन | ||
Bosnian dugme | ||
Bulgarian бутон | ||
Catalan botó | ||
Cebuano buton | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 纽扣 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 鈕扣 | ||
Corsican buttone | ||
Croatian dugme | ||
Czech knoflík | ||
Danish knap | ||
Dhivehi ގޮށް | ||
Dogri बटन | ||
Dutch knop | ||
English button | ||
Esperanto butono | ||
Estonian nuppu | ||
Ewe awunugbui | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pindutan | ||
Finnish -painiketta | ||
French bouton | ||
Frisian knop | ||
Galician botón | ||
Georgian ღილაკი | ||
German taste | ||
Greek κουμπί | ||
Guarani votõ | ||
Gujarati બટન | ||
Haitian Creole bouton | ||
Hausa maballin | ||
Hawaiian pihi | ||
Hebrew לַחְצָן | ||
Hindi बटन | ||
Hmong khawm | ||
Hungarian gomb | ||
Icelandic takki | ||
Igbo bọtịnụ | ||
Ilocano buton | ||
Indonesian tombol | ||
Irish cnaipe | ||
Italian pulsante | ||
Japanese ボタン | ||
Javanese tombol | ||
Kannada ಬಟನ್ | ||
Kazakh батырмасы | ||
Khmer ប៊ូតុង | ||
Kinyarwanda buto | ||
Konkani बटन | ||
Korean 단추 | ||
Krio bɔtin | ||
Kurdish pişkov | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دوگمە | ||
Kyrgyz баскычы | ||
Lao ປຸ່ມ | ||
Latin button | ||
Latvian pogu | ||
Lingala bouton | ||
Lithuanian mygtuką | ||
Luganda eppeesa | ||
Luxembourgish knäppchen | ||
Macedonian копче | ||
Maithili बोताम | ||
Malagasy bokotra | ||
Malay butang | ||
Malayalam ബട്ടൺ | ||
Maltese buttuna | ||
Maori patene | ||
Marathi बटण | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯨꯗꯥꯝ | ||
Mizo kawrkilh | ||
Mongolian товчлуур | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ခလုတ် | ||
Nepali टांक | ||
Norwegian knapp | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) batani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବଟନ୍ | ||
Oromo furtuu | ||
Pashto ت .ۍ | ||
Persian دکمه | ||
Polish przycisk | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) botão | ||
Punjabi ਬਟਨ | ||
Quechua ñitina | ||
Romanian buton | ||
Russian кнопка | ||
Samoan faʻamau | ||
Sanskrit कड्मल | ||
Scots Gaelic putan | ||
Sepedi kunope | ||
Serbian дугме | ||
Sesotho konopo | ||
Shona bhatani | ||
Sindhi بٽڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බොත්තම | ||
Slovak tlačidlo | ||
Slovenian gumb | ||
Somali badhanka | ||
Spanish botón | ||
Sundanese kancing | ||
Swahili kitufe | ||
Swedish knapp | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pindutan | ||
Tajik тугма | ||
Tamil பொத்தானை | ||
Tatar төймә | ||
Telugu బటన్ | ||
Thai ปุ่ม | ||
Tigrinya መጠወቒ | ||
Tsonga konopa | ||
Turkish buton | ||
Turkmen düwmesi | ||
Twi (Akan) bɔtom | ||
Ukrainian кнопку | ||
Urdu بٹن | ||
Uyghur كۇنۇپكا | ||
Uzbek tugmasi | ||
Vietnamese cái nút | ||
Welsh botwm | ||
Xhosa iqhosha | ||
Yiddish קנעפּל | ||
Yoruba bọtini | ||
Zulu inkinobho |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "knoppie" in Afrikaans is closely related to the Dutch word "knoop", meaning "knot", suggesting that buttons were originally seen as decorative knots. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word “butoni” may originate from the Ottoman Turkish word “butun”, meaning “whole” or “complete”. |
| Amharic | The word "አዝራር" is thought to be derived from the Arabic word "زر" (zarr), meaning "dice" or "die", due to the shape of the first buttons. |
| Arabic | "زر" (button) derives from Persian "zair," meaning "knot," and also refers to a "gold coin" |
| Armenian | "Կոճակ" can also mean a ball in dice or a small wooden ball used in games, deriving from the sound such balls make when thrown or rolled. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "düyməsini basın" ultimately derives from the French word "bouton," meaning "button." In addition to its primary meaning of "button," "düyməsini basın" can also refer to a "switch" or a "lever." |
| Basque | The word "botoia" can also refer to a knob, handle, or any other small object used to grip or adjust something. |
| Belarusian | The word "кнопка" in Belarusian is derived from German "knopf" (button), and in some contexts can also refer to an electric switch. |
| Bengali | "বোতাম" has been a Bengali word for over 400 years; it originated from the Tamil word "bodan" and the Proto-Dravidian word "podam". |
| Bosnian | The word "dugme" in Bosnian is possibly derived from Turkish "düğme" (button) or Arabic "dukm" (coin). |
| Bulgarian | В русском языке слово "бутон" изначально означало "цветочная почка". |
| Catalan | "Botó" is derived from the Vulgar Latin word "bottone" meaning "small bud" and also "knob, stud, button" similar to Catalan "botó", "botonet" and "botona" which mean "button", "small button" and "bud" respectively. |
| Cebuano | Buton in Cebuano is derived from Spanish "botón" and can also refer to a flower bud or a musical notehead. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 纽扣在古代指衣领上可系结的纽带、绳结，或衣服上连接襟片的扣子，现指用于连接或固定衣物、饰品或其他物品的圆形或其他形状的装置。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 鈕扣一詞來自於閩南語的"niu-khau"，意為"扣子"或"鈕珠"。 |
| Corsican | The word "buttone" in Corsican also means "pimple" or "small lump". |
| Croatian | The word 'dugme' derives from Old Turkic 'tokmë' which means 'knot, lump' |
| Czech | The word "knoflík" is derived from the German word "Knopf", which means "knob". It can also refer to a small, round object, such as a stud or a bead. |
| Danish | In Danish, "knap" can also refer to a small knob on a piece of furniture, or the bump on an animal's head. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "knop" also refers to a small protuberance on a plant or the top of a roof. |
| Esperanto | The word "butono" derives from the French word "bouton" and its original meaning was "flower bud". |
| Estonian | The word "nuppu" is etymologically related to the word "nöp" meaning "button" or "knob" and possibly to the Swedish word "knapp" meaning "button" or "knob". |
| Finnish | The -paini in the word -painiketta is related to painaa meaning to press. |
| French | Coming from the 13th century French word 'botoner,' meaning 'to bud,' "bouton" can also refer to a bud, pimple, or other small protuberance. |
| Frisian | The word "knop" in Frisian may also refer to a small, round object, such as a bead or a nailhead. |
| Galician | In Galician, the word botón also refers to a stud or knob, a flower bud, a push-button telephone, or the center of a flower |
| Georgian | The word "ღილაკი" is also the name of a type of traditional Georgian dumpling. |
| German | The German word "Taste" also means "key" (of a piano, computer, etc.), akin to a key that opens a door. |
| Greek | The word "κουμπί" (button) is derived from the Latin word "coppa", meaning "cup" or "bowl". In the Renaissance, buttons were often made of metal, and the hollowed-out shape of some buttons resembled a small cup or bowl. |
| Gujarati | The word "બટન" in Gujarati can also refer to the head of a nail or a rivet. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "bouton" not only means "button," but also refers to "pimple" and "bud". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word "maballin" can also mean "key" or "lock". |
| Hawaiian | "Pihi" originates from the word "pi" meaning "to hold, clasp, or fasten". |
| Hebrew | The word לַחְצָן "button" may also refer to an impatient or demanding individual. |
| Hindi | The word 'बटन' can also mean an ornament that is worn in the ear or nose. |
| Hmong | In Mien, the word "khau" means "button" and is also used to refer to the "throat". |
| Hungarian | "Gomb" can also refer to the round metal caps used in fencing (fencing pommels) |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "takki" has been used for centuries to describe not only buttons but also a type of short tunic or jacket worn in the Middle Ages. |
| Igbo | The term can also refer to a type of fruit. |
| Indonesian | The word "tombol" is also used to refer to a small hill or mound in Indonesian. |
| Irish | "Cnaipe", meaning "button" in Irish, also shares a root with the words "cnap" (knob) and "cnapán" (skullcap), alluding to the rounded shape of a button. |
| Italian | Pulsante also retains in Italian its former meaning of a musical figure, the quaver. |
| Japanese | In Portuguese "botão" also means flower bud. |
| Javanese | The word "tombol" in Javanese also means "to push", indicating its function as a button. |
| Kannada | The word "ಬಟನ್" also means "knob", "switch", or "handle" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word "батирмасы" in Kazakh also has the alternate meaning of "press stud" or "snap fastener". |
| Khmer | The Khmer word |
| Korean | "단추" is also a Korean term of endearment used for a loved one or someone close. |
| Kurdish | Pişkov also means "to press" or "to seal" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "баскычы" (button) in Kyrgyz also means "a small weight" used in jewelry. |
| Lao | The word ປຸ່ມ could have originated from the Vietnamese word "nút". |
| Latin | The word "button" comes from the Old French word "boton", which means "bud" or "small knob." |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "pogu" (button) derives from the Russian word "pugovitsa" and the German word "Knopf". |
| Lithuanian | The word "mygtuką" also means "small lump" or "bump" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | In German, "Knäppchen" can also mean "snap" or "bargain". |
| Macedonian | The word 'копче', meaning button in Macedonian, is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *kopati, meaning 'to fasten' or 'to connect'. |
| Malagasy | The word "bokotra" in Malagasy can also refer to a type of traditional Malagasy healing ritual. |
| Malay | The word "butang" can also refer to a type of Malaysian sweet that is made from mung beans and sugar. |
| Malayalam | The word 'ബട്ടൺ' in Malayalam is derived from the Portuguese word 'botão', which means 'bud' or 'small round object'. |
| Maltese | The word "buttuna" (button) derives from the Sicilian "buttunera" (buttonhole). |
| Maori | In Maori, 'patene' means 'button' or 'shell disk used for decoration or as part of a necklace'. |
| Marathi | The word "बटण" can also refer to a type of sweet made from coconut and jaggery in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | 'Товчлуур' (button) comes from 'товч' (to pinch, to squeeze, to pick up with fingers) |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In the Myanmar language, the word "ခလုတ်" (pronounced [kʰa.louʔ]) is cognate to its Pali counterpart "khattuka", meaning "that which is cut or engraved". This is likely a reference to the button's original purpose of securing a piece of cloth to a garment. |
| Nepali | The Hindi word for "button" is also "टांक," implying it might be an item to be sewn "tightly" (as per the dictionary meaning of "टांक"). |
| Norwegian | In English, the word "knapp" means "sharp edge" or a "hillock". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'batani' in Nyanja derives from the verb 'kutana' meaning 'to meet', as buttons are used to meet two pieces of fabric. |
| Pashto | The word "ت .ۍ" can also refer to a small, round object or a bud. |
| Persian | The Persian word "دکمه" also means "pimple" or "wart". |
| Polish | The Polish word "przycisk" derives from the verb "przycisnąć," meaning "to press," and originally referred to the act of pressing rather than the button itself. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "botão" can also refer to a small plant or a type of Portuguese folk dance. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਬਟਨ" also refers to the navel, and is thought to have derived from the phrase "ਬਟਣਾ" (button) in Sanskrit. |
| Romanian | The word "buton" in Romanian can also refer to a small hole in a piece of clothing, typically for a button or a hook. |
| Russian | "Кнопка" also means "bud" or "knob" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The word "faʻamau" also means "to fasten" or "to tie" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word 'putan' is derived from the Middle Irish word 'putan', which could refer to a button or a frog. |
| Serbian | The word "дугме" in Serbian comes from the Turkish word "düğme" meaning "button" and also "knob" or "key". |
| Sesotho | The word "konopo" in Sesotho is derived from the Nguni word "ikonopu", which means "a small knob or protuberance". |
| Shona | In Shona, bhatani can also refer to the buttons used to fasten clothing. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, "بٽڻ" can also refer to a buttonhole or a switch. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "බොත්තම" (button) in Sinhala derives from the Tamil word "பொத்தான்" (button), which in turn comes from the Portuguese word "botão" (button). |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "tlačidlo" is derived from the verb "tlačiť" (to press), and also means "printer". |
| Slovenian | Gumb (button) comes from the German "Gombe" (buckle). |
| Somali | In Somali, the word "badhanka" also refers to a type of traditional beadwork used for embellishing clothing. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "botón" can also refer to a bud or a small spherical object. |
| Sundanese | The word "kancing" in Sundanese can also refer to various types of fastener used in clothing. |
| Swahili | The word 'kitufe' in Swahili is derived from the Arabic word 'quffah', meaning 'basket' or 'box'. |
| Swedish | "Knapp" in Swedish also means "small hill" or "mound". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "pindutan" originally meant "something that is pressed or squeezed", which later came to mean "button". |
| Tajik | The word "тугма" in Tajik is derived from the Persian word "تكمه" (tūkme), which originally meant "knot" or "fastener." |
| Tamil | "பொத்தானை" means not only "button" in English, but also "hole" referring to the hole on a cloth to pass through a thread |
| Telugu | The word "బటన్" ("button") in Telugu can also refer to a buttonhole or a loop on a garment. |
| Thai | The word ปุ่ม (button) also means "a mound" or "a hump" |
| Turkish | In Ottoman Turkish, "buton" meant "large" or "heavy", and referred to the size or weight of an object rather than a specific function or shape. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "кнопку" (button) comes from the German word "Knopf" |
| Urdu | The Urdu word 'بٹن' derives from the Portuguese word 'botão' and also refers to the decorative knob on a garment or the bud of a flower. |
| Uzbek | "Tugmasi" can also mean "knot" or "tie". |
| Vietnamese | "Cái nút" also refers to an electric switch in everyday conversation and "chuyển nút" usually translates to "turn the switch". |
| Welsh | The word "botwm" can also mean "flower bud" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The word "iqhosha" can also refer to a small child, suggesting the idea of something cute and small |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "קנעפּל" can also refer to a musical instrument, typically used in folk music. |
| Yoruba | "Bọtini" in Yoruba can also refer to a type of small, round bead often used in jewelry. |
| Zulu | The word "inkinobho" can be traced back to the Proto-Bantu word "-kina-bho" meaning "to push, to strike, to pierce, to close". |
| English | In French the word "bouton" means both "button" and "pimple". |