buttonhole

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
2. (British) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
3. (British, attributive) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
4. A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
5. The mouth, nose or eyes of a tiny appearance.
6. (obsolete) vagina, coin slot.
7. The butthole (anus).

Verb

1. (colloquial, transitive) To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
2. (ambitransitive) To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
3. (transitive) To sew by buttonhole stitch.
4. (archaic, transitive) To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally).
5. (rare, transitive) To apply a flowery formation in.
6. (archaic, intransitive, rare) To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting.

Konzepte

Knopfloch

Heftklammer

Öffnung

Öhr

👁️

Öse

👁️

Spange

Brosche

Schlitzlochung

Synonyme

button hole

eyelet

lobby

pester

boutonniere

opening

brooch

posy

staple

stitch

clasp

eye

👁️

tab

Übersetzungen

boutonnière

asola

ojal

occhiello

knoopsgat

κουμπότρυπα

casa de botão

ilik

trau

casa

🏠

interpeller

mêjî

retenir par le revers

retenir

Etymologie (Englisch)

Originally buttonhold (“a loop of string to hold a button down”), but changed by folk etymology by influence of hole, By surface analysis, button + hole.