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small fastener used in clothing
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button

Summary

button ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,244 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • button is a type of fashion accessory[2].
  • button is a type of fastener[3].
  • button is a type of mercery[4].
  • button is part of clothing[5].
  • button's Commons category is recorded as Buttons (clothing)[6].
  • button's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Buttons[7].
  • button's Commons gallery is recorded as Buttons (sewing)[8].
  • button's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[9].
  • button's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • button's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • button's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[12].
  • button's different from is recorded as Botão[13].
  • button's different from is recorded as push-button[14].
  • button's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fashion accessory[2], fastener[3], and mercery[4].

Use and Application

button is part of clothing[5].

Why It Matters

button ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,244 views/month).[1] button has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] button is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

push-button

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +1
    Part of → clothing
    Topic's main category → Category:Buttons
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0249510-knofliky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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