butin
See also: Butin, бутин, and Бутин
French
Etymology
From Old French butin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /by.tɛ̃/
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Noun
butin m (plural butins)
- loot, booty (the proceeds of theft, robbery etc., swag, contraband)
- (Louisiana) furniture
- (Louisiana) belongings, household possessions
Descendants
- → Breton: butin
Further reading
- “butin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- botin
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Vulgar Latin *boudinus, from Gaulish *boudi, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”), or perhaps from Vulgar Latin *būtinus, from Frankish *būti, possibly also from Gaulish.
Noun
butin m (oblique plural butins, nominative singular butins, nominative plural butin)
- spoils, plunder, booty
- allotment
Derived terms
- butiner
- Middle French: butiner
- French: butiner
- → Middle Dutch: butineren
- Middle French: butiner
Descendants
- Middle French: butin
- French: butin
- → Breton: butin
- French: butin
- → Middle English: bottyne, botye, buty
- English: booty, bootyn
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (butin, supplement)
- Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology
Venetian
Alternative forms
- butìn
Noun
butin m (plural butini)
- child