boutonnage
French, noun/bu.tɔ.naʒ/
boutonnage is spelled B-O-U-T-O-N-N-A-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boutonnage is a French masculine noun meaning “buttoning up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action ou résultat de boutonner, de fermer avec des boutons”.
What does boutonnage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuttoning up
- 2
masculinea group of buttons on clothing
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action ou résultat de boutonner, de fermer avec des boutons. 2. Groupe de boutons ou boutonnière disposés sur un vêtement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of boutonnage
- boutonnages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boutonnage?
- /bu.tɔ.naʒ/
- \bu.tɔ.naʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is boutonnage in French?
boutonnage appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).