butan

See also: Butan, bután, Bután, Bûtan, bütan, Butän, and Bu-tan

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbutan]

Noun

butan m inan

1. (chemistry) butane (C₄H₁₀)

Declension

Declension of butan (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	butan	butany
genitive	butanu	butanů
dative	butanu	butanům
accusative	butan	butany
vocative	butane	butany
locative	butanu	butanech
instrumental	butanem	butany

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 (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “butan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “butan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

Old English

Alternative forms

• būton

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *biūtan, from *bī (“by”) + *ūtan, dative of Proto-West Germanic *ūtō (“exterior, outside”) (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

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.tan/

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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

Declension of butan

	singular
nominative	butan
genitive	butanu
dative	butanowi
accusative	butan
instrumental	butanem
locative	butanie
vocative	butanie

Further reading

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

Romanian

butan

Etymology

Borrowed 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

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

Slovene

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /butáːn/

Noun

butȃn m inan

1. butane

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	bután
genitive	butána
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bután
genitive (rodȋlnik)	butána
dative (dajȃlnik)	butánu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bután
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	butánu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	butánom

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

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