butin

butin

See also: Butin, бутин, and Бутин

French

Etymology

    Inherited from Old French butin.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    butin m (plural butins)

    1. loot, booty (the proceeds of theft, robbery etc., swag, contraband)
    2. what is obtained or amassed by laborious collection
    3. what is collected by insects such as bees or ants; a load of pollen, nectar, etc.
    4. (Louisiana) furniture
    5. (Louisiana) belongings, household possessions

    Descendants

    • Breton: butin
    • Catalan: botí

    Further reading

    Old French

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Uncertain; possibly from Vulgar Latin *boudinus, from Gaulish *boudi, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (profit, gains; victory), or perhaps from Vulgar Latin *būtīnus, from Old Dutch *būti, possibly also from Gaulish.

    Noun

    butin oblique singularm (oblique plural butins, nominative singular butins, nominative plural butin)

    1. spoils, plunder, booty
    2. allotment

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “butin”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle [], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
    • Rolleston, T.W. (2018): Celtic Mythology

    Venetan

    Alternative forms

    • butìn

    Noun

    butin m (plural butini)

    1. child