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

Further reading

• butan in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• butan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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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?

   • 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.

2. 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.

Conjunction

būtan

1. (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.

2. except for, but

   Hwæt is līf būtan swefn?

   What is life but a dream?

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.

   • 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

• onbūtan

Descendants

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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.tan/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -utan
• Syllabification: bu‧tan

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

Further reading

• butan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• butan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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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