English

Proper noun

Butte

1. A census-designated place in Alaska.
2. A city in Montana.
3. A village in Nebraska.
4. A city/village in North Dakota.

German

Noun

Butte m

1. plural of Butt

English

Buttes

Noun

butte ‎(plural buttes)

1. (US) an isolated hill with steep sides and a flat top
   • 2013 November 27, John Grotzinger, “The world of Mars [print version: International Herald Tribune Magazine, 2013, p. 36]”, in The New York Times:

     Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].

Translations

Danish

Adjective

butte

1. definite of but
2. plural of but

French

Etymology

Feminine form of but ‎(“aim, target”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /byt/

Noun

butte f ‎(plural buttes)

1. small hill, hillock; knoll
2. heap

   Faire une butte autour des plants de pomme de terre.‎

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Synonyms

• (hill): colline, tertre

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

butte

1. definite singular of butt
2. plural of butt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

butte

1. definite singular of butt
2. plural of butt