butan
Czech
Noun
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Coordinate terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)
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
Preposition
būtan
- 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
- (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.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Of the Catholic Faith"
- 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
- 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
Descendants
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
butan m inan
Declension
Declension of butan
Romanian
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Noun
butan
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
bùtān m (Cyrillic spelling бу̀та̄н)
Declension
Declension of butan
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
butȃn m inan
Inflection
Masculine inan., hard o-stem | ||
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nominative | bután | |
genitive | butána | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
bután | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
butána | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
butánu | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
bután | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
butánu | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
butánom |
Swedish
Noun
butan n
Declension
Declension of butan | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | butan | butanet | — | — |
Genitive | butans | butanets | — | — |
Anagrams
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Pronunciation
Noun
butan (nominative plural butans)
Declension
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