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> The word “button” itself comes from the French bouton, meaning pimple or projection, and to push or thrust forward. What? https://translate.google.com/?sl=f

by d--b 4y ago

> The word “button” itself comes from the French bouton, meaning pimple or projection, and to push or thrust forward. What? https://translate.google.com/?sl=fr&tl=en&text=bouton&op=translate https://translate.google.com/?sl=fr&tl=en&text=bouton&op=tra...

sp332 4y ago
Scroll down a little bit on that page, and you can see the alternate translation as "pimple".
- LittleNemoInS 4y ago
  While I agree that bouton can mean pimple or zit, it's the rest of the phrase that I don't understand. Bouton doesn't mean projection, and sure isn't a verb...
  - mbrubeck 4y ago
    Note that the English word was derived from Old French, not Modern French. And Old French noun boton/bouton (”bud”) is itself formed from the Old French verb boter/bouter, “to thrust.” It’s had a variety of meanings in French generally related to ”thing that pushes out.” Google Translate is not a very complete dictionary. You can find many more definitions in Trésor de la langue française informatisé : https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/bouton https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/bouton It means “projection” in the sense of ”bit that sticks out,” like its use in goldsmithing or for the foot at the bottom of a harp.
    - pessimizer 4y ago
      > It means “projection” in the sense of ”bit that sticks out,” And it also means that in English.
    - mbrubeck 4y ago
      (minor correction: the pegs of a harp, not the foot.)
  - vel0city 4y ago
    Projection can be a noun in English, and often is. Related definition from Google: "A thing that extends outward from something else: 'the particle board covered all the sharp projections'" Synonyms: protuberance, protrusion, sticking-out bit, overhang, prominence, spur, outcrop, outgrowth, jut, bulge, jag... And obviously, projection can be a noun in its probably most common usage as in "an estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on study of present ones". In the phrase, "this is the projection of where the hurricane will go", "the projection" is a noun. The verb in this phrase is "is", a linking verb. "Wall Street bankers crafted a projection of the market." The verb here is "crafted". What did they craft: a projection. A noun. "I watch the projection on the screen." - The verb here is watch. What am I watching: the projection. A noun.

by d--b 4y ago

sp332 4y ago

Scroll down a little bit on that page, and you can see the alternate translation as "pimple".

LittleNemoInS 4y ago
While I agree that bouton can mean pimple or zit, it's the rest of the phrase that I don't understand. Bouton doesn't mean projection, and sure isn't a verb...
- mbrubeck 4y ago
  Note that the English word was derived from Old French, not Modern French. And Old French noun boton/bouton (”bud”) is itself formed from the Old French verb boter/bouter, “to thrust.” It’s had a variety of meanings in French generally related to ”thing that pushes out.” Google Translate is not a very complete dictionary. You can find many more definitions in Trésor de la langue française informatisé : https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/bouton https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/bouton It means “projection” in the sense of ”bit that sticks out,” like its use in goldsmithing or for the foot at the bottom of a harp.
  - pessimizer 4y ago
    > It means “projection” in the sense of ”bit that sticks out,” And it also means that in English.
  - mbrubeck 4y ago
    (minor correction: the pegs of a harp, not the foot.)
- vel0city 4y ago
  Projection can be a noun in English, and often is. Related definition from Google: "A thing that extends outward from something else: 'the particle board covered all the sharp projections'" Synonyms: protuberance, protrusion, sticking-out bit, overhang, prominence, spur, outcrop, outgrowth, jut, bulge, jag... And obviously, projection can be a noun in its probably most common usage as in "an estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on study of present ones". In the phrase, "this is the projection of where the hurricane will go", "the projection" is a noun. The verb in this phrase is "is", a linking verb. "Wall Street bankers crafted a projection of the market." The verb here is "crafted". What did they craft: a projection. A noun. "I watch the projection on the screen." - The verb here is watch. What am I watching: the projection. A noun.