butan

• IPA^(key): [ˈbutan]

butan m

1. (chemistry) butane (C₄H₁₀)

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

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

butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

From Proto-West Germanic *be-utan, from *bī (“by”) + *utan (“outside, from without”) (from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out”)), corresponding to be- +‎ ūtan.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.tɑn/

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.

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?

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.

• onbūtan

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.tan/

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• Rhymes: -utan
• Syllabification: bu‧tan

butan m inan

1. butane

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

From French butane.

butan m (plural butani)

1. butane

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

bùtān m (Cyrillic spelling бу̀та̄н)

1. (uncountable) butane

• IPA^(key): /butáːn/

butȃn m inan

1. butane

From Latin butyrum (“butter”) +‎ -an.

butan n

1. butane

• bunta

• IPA^(key): [buˈtan]

butan (nominative plural butans)

1. butane