butan

• IPA^(key): [ˈbutan]

butan m inan

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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “butan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “butan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

• būton

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.^[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.

3. for all, despite, in spite of, notwithstanding (+ dative)

   Synonym: for

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.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.tan/

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

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)

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

Borrowed from French butane.

butan m (plural butani)

1. butane

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

bùtān m inan (Cyrillic spelling бу̀та̄н)

1. (uncountable) butane

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

• 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