English Explanatory Dictionary

butte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A placename
  3. A census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States.
  4. A city, the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, with which it is a consolidated city-county known as Butte-Silver Bow.
  5. A village, the county seat of Boyd County, Nebraska, United States.
  6. A city and village in McLean County, North Dakota, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈbjuːt/ /ˈbʌt/ En-us-butte.ogg

Word forms

butte buttes

Etymology

PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn Borrowed from French butte (“mound”). Related to butt via a West Germanic cognate.

Derived words

Box Butte County Butte County Butte Creek Butte Creek Canyon Butte Falls Butte Meadows Butte Valley Crested Butte Hart Butte Lone Butte Mount Crested Butte Nipple Butte
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