butan

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 m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)

1. butane

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːtɑn/

būtan

1. 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.

būtan

1. (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.

2. 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."

būtan

1. 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.

• onbūtan

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.tan/

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butan m inan

1. butane

butan

1. butane

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

bùtān m (Cyrillic spelling бу̀та̄н)

1. (uncountable) butane

• IPA^(key): /buˈtáːn/
• Tonal orthography: butȃn

bután m inan (genitive butána, uncountable)

1. butane

butan n

1. butane

• IPA^(key): [buˈtan]

butan (plural butans)

1. butane