butan

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

Czech

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, n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

butan m, n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

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Old English

Etymology

From West Germanic, corresponding to be- +‎ ūtan. Cognate with Old Saxon biūtan (Low German buten), Old High German biūzan. Compare Dutch buiten; also Old English binnan and its cognates, which are formed similarly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːtɑn/

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.

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

   Līf, hwæt is hit būtan swefn?

   Life, what is it but a dream?

   Se Crēcisċa ūðwita Diogenēs ǣne cwæþ, "In 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. merely, only, just

   Þā wæs iċ būtan ċild.

   I was only a child then.

   Hwæt mæġ iċ dōn? Iċ eom būtan ān mann.

   What can I do? I'm just one person.

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

Noun

butan

1. butane

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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): /buˈtáːn/
• Tonal orthography: butȃn

Noun

bután m inan (genitive butána, uncountable)

1. butane

Declension

Declension of bután (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular
nominative	bután
accusative	bután
genitive	butána
dative	butánu
locative	butánu
instrumental	butánom

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Swedish

Noun

butan n

1. butane

Declension

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

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buˈtan]

Noun

butan (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 some later, non-classical Volapük only