boutonniere

See also: Boutonniere and boutonnière

English

Alternative forms

• boutonnière

Etymology

From French boutonnière.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbuːtənˈiːɚ/, or like French, /ˌbuːtənˈjɛɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

boutonniere (plural boutonnieres)

1. A small flower or bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole or pinned to the lapel of a jacket.
   • 1991 August 31, Rudy Grillo, “Color Me Gay”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 7, page 11:

     The rare white "Heliotrope" whose flower can can be worn as a boutanniere ^[sic] and whose scent can be discreetly sprinkled on hankerchieves.

Synonyms

• buttonhole (flower)

Derived terms

• boutonniered
• boutonniere deformity

 

Translations

flower worn in buttonhole

• Finnish: napinläpikukka
• French: boutonnière (fr) f
• German: Boutonniere f
• Polish: butonierka (pl) f

Further reading

• boutonniere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia