different between butte vs buttle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French butte (“mound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bju?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t
• Homophone: beaut

Noun

butte (plural buttes)

1. (US) An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.

   Coordinate term: mesa

Derived terms

• Box Butte County
• Butte County

Translations

Further reading

• butte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Adjective

butte

1. definite of but
2. plural of but

French

Etymology

Feminine form of but (“aim, target”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /byt/

Noun

butte f (plural buttes)

1. small hill, mound, hillock; knoll

   Synonyms: colline, tertre

2. heap

Descendants

• ? English: butte

Further reading

• “butte” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

butte

1. definite singular of butt
2. plural of butt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

butte

1. definite singular of butt
2. plural of butt

English

Alternative forms

• butle

Etymology

Back-formation from butler. Compare bottle (verb).

Verb

buttle (third-person singular simple present buttles, present participle buttling, simple past and past participle buttled)

1. To serve as or perform the duties of a butler.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:buttle.

Usage notes

• Because of its origins as a back-formation, buttle is considered nonstandard and uses are often jocular.