Plural of button
regular plural
The plural of button is buttons.
Forms of button
| Singular | button /ˈbʌtən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | buttons /ˈbʌt.ənz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Buttons in a sentence
- April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.
- Endings — or outs, or buttons as writers call them — are notoriously difficult to nail.2016 July 12, Jessica Goldstein, “How to best end a comedy sketch? It’s hard to go wrong with gruesome death”, in The Washington Post
- Commands are accessed through buttons in a nonscrolling area above the document.From the entry nonscrolling
- I rubbed up the brass buttons on my jacket to make them shine.From the entry rub up
- Some buttons are too close in this app, you will often mistap.From the entry mistap
Meaning of button
- noun A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
- noun A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
- noun An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
Questions about the plural of button
- What is the plural of button?
- The plural of button is buttons.
- Is button countable?
- Button is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: button (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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