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buton

button (push-button, e.g. on a device or machine) /buˈton/

noun#2431 most common

Also: knob, switch

Example sentences

Apasă pe buton.
Press the button.
Unde este butonul de pornire?
Where is the power button?
Copilul a apăsat din greșeală pe butonul roșu.
The child accidentally pressed the red button.
Telecomanda are prea multe butoane și nu știu la ce folosește fiecare.
The remote has too many buttons and I don't know what each one is for.
Dacă țineți apăsat butonul timp de trei secunde, aparatul se va reporni automat.
If you hold the button down for three seconds, the device will restart automatically.
Inginerii au proiectat panoul astfel încât fiecare buton să declanșeze o secvență distinctă, reducând riscul de eroare umană.
The engineers designed the panel so that each button triggers a distinct sequence, reducing the risk of human error.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativebutonulbutoanele
Genitivebutonuluibutoanelor
Accusativebutonulbutoanele
Vocativebutonulebutoanelor

Word family

butonbutton, push-button
butonierăbuttonhole
butonatbuttoned, having buttons
butonașsmall button

Etymology

Buton entered Romanian from French bouton, a button or knob. French bouton comes from the verb bouter, to push or thrust, which traces to a Germanic root meaning to strike or beat. The same Germanic root gave English its own word button by a separate path through Old French. Romanian keeps the word narrowly for mechanical or electronic buttons; a cloth button is nasture.

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