butan

See also: Butan, bután, Bután, Bûtan, bütan, and Butän

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbutan]

Noun

butan m

1. (chemistry) butane (C₄H₁₀)

Coordinate terms

• metan m
• etan m
• propan m
• pentan m
• hexan m
• heptan m
• oktan m
• nonan m
• dekan m
• undekan m
• dodekan m

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *be-utan, from *bī (“by”) + *utan (“outside, from without”) (from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out”)), corresponding to be- +‎ ūtan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.tɑn/

Preposition

būtan

1. without, except for, besides [+dative]

   Hū biþ middanġeard būtan ūs?

   What will the world be like without us?

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"

     Būtan þām ǣhtum, ġelīċe sind þā þe biddaþ and þā þe hīe æt biddaþ.

     Apart from possessions, those who beg are the same as those they beg from.

2. out of [+dative]

Conjunction

būtan

1. (with the subjunctive) unless
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Of the Catholic Faith"

     Būtan ġē hit ġelīefen, ne mage ġē hit understandan.

     Unless you believe it, you cannot understand it.

2. except for, but

   Hwæt is līf būtan swefn?

   What is life but a dream?

   Sē Crēcisca ūðwita Diogenēs ǣne cwæþ, "On þæs rīċan hūse ne biþ nān stōw tō spǣtenne būtan his ansīen."

   The Greek philosopher Diogenes once said, "In a rich man's house, there is no place to spit but his face."

Adverb

būtan

1. (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.

   Bēċ ne sind būtan fuglas mid manigum fiðrum. Ne ġeseah iċ nǣfre āne flēogan, ac hwīlum hīe sittaþ on manna handum.

   Books are just birds with many wings. I've never seen one fly, but sometimes they perch on people's hands.

Derived terms

• onbūtan

Descendants

• Middle English: bouten, boute, buten, bute
  • English: but
  • Scots: but

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.tan/

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Noun

butan m inan

1. butane

Declension

declension of butan

	singular	plural
nominative	butan	butany
genitive	butanu	butanów
dative	butanowi	butanom
accusative	butan	butany
instrumental	butanem	butanami
locative	butanie	butanach
vocative	butanie	butany

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Romanian

butan

Etymology

From French butane.

Noun

butan m (plural butani)

1. butane

Declension

Declension of butan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) butan	butanul	(niște) butani	butanii
genitive/dative	(unui) butan	butanului	(unor) butani	butanilor
vocative	butanule		butanilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǔtaːn/
• Homophone: Bùtān
• Hyphenation: bu‧tan

Noun

bùtān m (Cyrillic spelling бу̀та̄н)

1. (uncountable) butane

Declension

Declension of butan

	singular
nominative	butan
genitive	butana
dative	butanu
accusative	butan
vocative	butane
locative	butanu
instrumental	butanom

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /butáːn/

Noun

butȃn m inan

1. butane

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	bután
genitive	butána
	singular
nominative	bután
accusative	bután
genitive	butána
dative	butánu
locative	butánu
instrumental	butánom

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin butyrum (“butter”) +‎ -an.

Noun

butan n

1. butane

Declension

Declension of butan
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	butan	butanet	—	—
Genitive	butans	butanets	—	—

Anagrams

• bunta

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buˈtan]

Noun

butan (nominative plural butans)

1. butane

Declension

declension of butan

	singular	plural
nominative	butan	butans
genitive	butana	butanas
dative	butane	butanes
accusative	butani	butanis
vocative 1	o butan!	o butans!
predicative 2	butanu	butanus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only