boutonnière
French, noun/bu.tɔ.njɛʁ/
boutonnière is spelled B-O-U-T-O-N-N-I-È-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boutonnière is a French feminine noun meaning “buttonhole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite fente faite à un vêtement pour y passer un bouton”.
What does boutonnière mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebuttonhole
- 2
feminineboutonniere
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite fente faite à un vêtement pour y passer un bouton. 2. Petite fente sur le col gauche d'un costume par laquelle on attache les décorations civiles ou militaires, une fleur ou un bijou. 3. Incision. 4. Dépression creusée par érosion dans l'axe d'un anticlinal. Ce sont deux cuestas qui se font face.
noun: 1. Artisane ou ouvrière qui fait des boutons.
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 boutonnière
- boutonnières plural
- boutonnier masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boutonnière?
- /bu.tɔ.njɛʁ/
- \bu.tɔ.njɛʁ\
- [bu.tɔ.njɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boutonnière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boutonnière in French?
boutonnière appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).