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butin

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See also: Butin, бутин, Бутин, and bütin

French

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old French butin.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    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

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    • → Breton: butin
    • → Catalan: botí

    Further reading

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    • “butin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
    • Valdman, Albert, et al. (2009), Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities, Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN

    Old French

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    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

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

    1. spoils, plunder, booty
    2. allotment

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    References

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    • 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

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    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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    butin m (plural butini)

    1. child
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