butan
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbutan]
Declension
Coordinate terms
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *be-utan, from *bī (“by”) + *utan (“outside, from without”) (from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out”)), corresponding to be- + ūtan.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuː.tɑn/
Preposition
būtan
- without, except for, besides (+ dative)
- Hū biþ middanġeard būtan ūs?
- What will the world be like without us?
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Greater Litany"
- Būtan þām ǣhtum, ġelīċe sind þā þe biddaþ and þā þe hīe æt biddaþ.
- Apart from possessions, beggars are the same as the people they beg from.
- outside of (+ dative)
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
- Suburbānus: sē þe sitt būtan þǣre byrġ.
- Suburbanus: someone who lives outside the city.
- c. 992, Ælfric, St. Benedict, Abbot
- Hwæt cwist þū, sweostor? Ne mæġ iċ nāteshwon būtan mynstre nihtes wunian.
- What are you saying, sister? Ain't no way I can stay outside the monastery at night.
- c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
Conjunction
būtan
- (with the subjunctive) unless
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Universal Faith"
- Būtan ġē hit ġelīefen, ne magon ġē hit understandan.
- Unless you believe it, you can't understand it.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
- On ōðre wīsan wē sċēawiaþ mētinge and on ōðre wīsan stafas. Ne gǣþ nā māre tō mētinge būtan þæt þū hit ġesēo and herie. Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.
- We look at pictures in one way and letters in another. You don't do anything with a painting except see it and praise it. Looking at letters is not enough unless you also read them and understand the meaning.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Universal Faith"
- except for, but
- Hwæt is līf būtan swefn?
- What is life but a dream?
- except
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
- On ōðre wīsan wē sċēawiaþ mētinge and on ōðre wīsan stafas. Ne gǣþ nā māre tō mētinge būtan þæt þū hit ġesēo and herie. Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.
- We look at pictures in one way and letters in another. You don't do anything with a painting except see it and praise it. Looking at letters is not enough unless you also read them and understand the meaning.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
Adverb
būtan
- (usually with a negative) merely, only, just
- Þā næs iċ būtan ċild.
- I was only a child then.
- Hwæt mæġ iċ dōn? Iċ neom būtan ān mann.
- What can I do? I'm just one person.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- Æfter þām hīe ġesetton tictātor þæt hē sċolde bēon hearra ofer þā consulas, sē wæs hāten Decius Iūnius. Hē næs būtan seofontīenewintre.
- After that, they chose a dictator to rule over the consuls, whose name was Decius Junius. He was only seventeen years old.
Derived terms
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “but”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbu.tan/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -utan
- Syllabification: bu‧tan
Declension
Romanian

butan
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǔtaːn/
- Homophone: Bùtān
- Hyphenation: bu‧tan
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /butáːn/
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of butan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | butan | butanet | — | — |
| Genitive | butans | butanets | — | — |
Anagrams
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [buˈtan]
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