Buttonhole

//ˈbʌtənˌhoʊl//

Synonyms for "buttonhole" (232 found)

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Closest matches (47)

Verb(1 words)
accost

Strong matches (69)

Related words (116)

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11 relation types

More general

4 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

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coordinate

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derived

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derived from

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

has context

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is a

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part of

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related to

6 entries

Translations

99 translations across 44 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • عُرْوَة noun (hole for a button)

Armenian

2 entries
  • լամբակ noun (hole for a button)
  • կոճականցք noun (hole for a button)

Bikol

1 entries
  • ohal noun (hole for a button)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • или́к noun (hole for a button)
  • петлица noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries
  • trau noun (hole for a button)

Catalan

1 entries
  • trau noun (hole for a button)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 紐孔 /纽孔 noun (hole for a button)

Czech

1 entries
  • knoflíková dírka noun (hole for a button)

Danish

2 entries
  • knaphul noun (hole for a button)
  • knaphulsblomst noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)

Dutch

2 entries
  • boutonnière noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
  • knoopsgat noun (hole for a button)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • butontruo noun (hole for a button)

Faroese

1 entries
  • knapphol noun (hole for a button)

Finnish

4 entries
  • napinläpi noun (hole for a button)
  • napinreikä noun (hole for a button)
  • rintakukka noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
  • napata rintapielestä verb (to detain a person in conversation)

French

3 entries
  • boutonnière noun (hole for a button)
  • boutonnière noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
  • tenir la jambe verb (to detain a person in conversation)

Galician

2 entries
  • ollal noun (hole for a button)
  • ollete noun (hole for a button)

Gallurese

1 entries
  • traccu noun (hole for a button)

German

2 entries
  • Boutonniere noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
  • Knopfloch noun (hole for a button)

Greek

1 entries
  • κουμπότρυπα noun (hole for a button)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אִבְקָה noun (hole for a button)
  • חור כפתור noun (hole for a button)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • gomblyuk noun (hole for a button)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • blóm í barm noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
  • blóm í hnappagat noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
  • hnappagat noun (hole for a button)

Irish

1 entries
  • poll cnaipe noun (hole for a button)

Italian

3 entries
  • asola noun (hole for a button)
  • occhiello noun (hole for a button)
  • attaccare un bottone verb (to detain a person in conversation)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ボタン穴 noun (hole for a button)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • илик noun (hole for a button)
  • илик noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
  • илика noun (hole for a button)
  • илика noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)

Maranao

1 entries
  • batawiyan noun (hole for a button)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • knapphol noun (hole for a button)
  • knappholsblomst noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
  • knapphull noun (hole for a button)
  • knapphullsblomst noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • knapphol noun (hole for a button)

Persian

2 entries
  • انگیله noun (hole for a button)
  • جا دکمه noun (hole for a button)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Knooploch noun (hole for a button)

Polish

4 entries
  • butonierka noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
  • dziurka od guzika noun (hole for a button)
  • zatrzymać na rozmowę verb (to detain a person in conversation)
  • zatrzymywać na rozmowę verb (to detain a person in conversation)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • botoeira noun (hole for a button)
  • casa noun (hole for a button)
  • casa de botão noun (hole for a button)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਕਾਜ noun (hole for a button)

Russian

4 entries
  • бутонье́рка noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
  • пе́тля noun (hole for a button)
  • петли́ца noun (hole for a button)
  • петля́ noun (hole for a button)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • ayette noun (hole for a button)
  • oyètte noun (hole for a button)
  • traùccu noun (hole for a button)

Sassarese

1 entries
  • traoccu noun (hole for a button)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • cneap-tholl noun (hole for a button)
  • toll-putain noun (hole for a button)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kȍv noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
  • zȃmčica noun (hole for a button)
  • zȃmčica noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
  • ìlik noun (hole for a button)

Spanish

2 entries
  • ojal noun (hole for a button)
  • cazar al espartillo verb (to detain a person in conversation)

Swedish

2 entries
  • knapphål noun (hole for a button)
  • knapphålsblomma noun (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)

Thai

1 entries
  • รังดุม noun (hole for a button)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • пете́лька noun (hole for a button)
  • петля́ noun (hole for a button)

Welsh

1 entries
  • twll botwm noun (hole for a button)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קנאָפּלאָך noun (hole for a button)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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He stuck a flower in his buttonhole.

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He always wears a flower in his buttonhole.

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Tom had a flower in his buttonhole.

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Tom stuck a flower in his buttonhole.

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