butan

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

butan m inan

1. (chemistry) butane (C₄H₁₀)

Declension

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
• butan in Internetová jazyková příručka

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

butan

Wikipedia ^no

Noun

butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

butan

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Noun

butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

Old English

Alternative forms

• buton

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.

   • 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.

2. except for, but

   Hwæt is līf būtan swefn?

   What is life but a dream?

   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Sēo leofaþ nū þē, þē ānum, for þon þe hēo nāwiht elles ne lufaþ būtan þē.

     Now she lives for you, only you, because she loves nothing else but you.

3. 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.

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: but, bute, buten, boute, bouten; botte, bot, bod
  • English: but
  • Scots: but
  • Yola: mot

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

butan

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English butane, French butane, German Butan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.tan/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -utan
• Syllabification: bu‧tan
• Homophone: Bhutan

Noun

butan m inan (related adjective butanowy)

1. butane (hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10 n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions)

Declension

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French butane.

Noun

butan m (plural butani)

1. butane

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bùtān m (Cyrillic spelling бу̀та̄н)

1. (uncountable) butane

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /butáːn/

Noun

butȃn m inan

1. butane

Inflection

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin butyrum (“butter”) +‎ -an.

Noun

butan n

1. butane

Declension

Anagrams

• bunta

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

butan (nominative plural butans)

1. butane

Declension