Meaning

7 senses
  1. A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.

    Knopfloch

    пе́тляpétlja, петля́petljá, петли́цаpetlíca

    петля́petljá, пете́лькаpetélʹka

    a hole through which buttons are pushed

  2. (UK)A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.

    Boutonniere

    бутонье́ркаbutonʹjérka

  3. A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.

    (UK, attributive)So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.

  4. A small slotlike cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.

  5. The mouth, nose or eyes of a tiny appearance.

  6. The butthole (anus).

  7. (obsolete)The vagina, a coin slot.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. He stuck a flower in his buttonhole.

    ruОн вставил себе в петлицу цветок.

    deEr steckte sich eine Blume ins Knopfloch.

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  2. Tom had a flower in his buttonhole.

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  3. He always wears a flower in his buttonhole.

    Він завжди носить квітку у петлиці.

    ruОн всегда носит цветок в петлице.

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  4. Tom stuck a flower in his buttonhole.

    deTom steckte sich eine Blume ins Knopfloch.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
hole for a button:
Русский
By meaning 2
hole for a button:
flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
hole for a button:
flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration:

Origin

Originally buttonhold (“a loop of string to hold a button down”), but changed by folk etym

Originally buttonhold (“a loop of string to hold a button down”), but changed by folk etymology by influence of hole. By surface analysis, button + hole.

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