but – Wiktionary

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan (“without, outside of, except, only”), equivalent to be- +‎ out. Cognate with Scots but, bot (“outside, without, but”), Saterland Frisian buute (“without”), West Frisian bûten (“outside of, apart from, other than, except, but”), Dutch buiten (“outside”), Dutch Low Saxon buten (“outside”), German Low German buuten, buute (“outside”), obsolete German baußen (“outside”), Luxembourgish baussen. Compare bin, about.

Eclipsed non-native Middle English mes (“but”) borrowed from Old French mes, mais (> French mais (“but”)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

but

Adverb[edit]

but (not comparable)

Conjunction[edit]

but

Usage notes[edit]

• Beginning a sentence with a coordinating conjunction such as but is considered incorrect by classical grammarians who claim that a coordinating conjunction at the start of a sentence has nothing to connect. The use of the word in this way is very common, however; and it may be argued that the connection is with the preceding context. Nevertheless, it is best to avoid beginning a sentence with but in formal writing. Combining sentences or using however, nevertheless, still, or though (which are adverbs rather than conjunctions) is more appropriate for the formal style.

  But this tool has its uses.

  • • This tool has its uses, however.

    • Nevertheless, this tool has its uses.

    • Still, this tool has its uses.

    • This tool still has its uses.

    • This tool has its uses, though.

Synonyms[edit]

Translations[edit]

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Noun[edit]

but (plural buts)

1. An instance or example of using the word “but”.

   It has to be done – no ifs or buts.

2. (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
3. A limit; a boundary.
4. The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.

Verb[edit]

but (third-person singular simple present buts, present participle butting, simple past and past participle butted)

1. (archaic) Use the word “but”.

   But me no buts.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

• but at OneLook Dictionary Search
• but in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams[edit]

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German butt.

Adjective[edit]

but

Inflection[edit]

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French[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle French but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”). Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”); see butt. The semantic development from “mound” to “target” is likely from martial training practice. The final /t/ is from the old pausal and liaison pronunciation; its (partial) restoration as the basic form may have been reinforced by related butte.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): / by /
  • Homophones: bubuebuesbusbûtbuts
• (outside Canada now more often) IPA(key): / byt /
  • Homophones: butebutentbutesbûtesbutsbuttebuttentbuttes

  • audio

Noun[edit]

but m (plural buts)

1. aim
2. goal (result one is attempting to achieve)
3. (sports) goal (in the place, act, or point sense)

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Etymology 2[edit]

From boire.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

but

1. third-person boiresingular past historic of

Further reading[edit]

• “but”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian[edit]

Noun[edit]

but (first-person possessive butku, second-person possessive butmu, third-person possessive butnya)

1. (computing) bootstrap (process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory)

References[edit]

Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

but m (plural bwiet, diminutive bwejjet or buta or bwejta)

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

but

1. (Northern) bote (“boot”)Alternative form of

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Czech bot, from Old French bot.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): / but /

• Audio

• Rhymes: – ut
• Syllabification: but

Noun[edit]

but m inan (diminutive bucik or butek, augmentative bucior or bucisko)

Declension[edit]

Declension of but

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Romani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (bahutta), from Sanskrit बहुत्व (bahutva, “much, many, very”). Cognate with Hindi बहुत (bahut).

Adjective[edit]

but

1. many

   But rroma mekhle i India thaj gele p-e aver phuva.

   Many Roma left India and went towards other lands.

2. much

Adverb[edit]

but

References[edit]

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bahutva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 519
• Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “but”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 39
• Marcel Courthiade (2009), “but B-ćham: -e I”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház–Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 97
• Marcel Courthiade (2009), “but II”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (in Hungarian; English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház–Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 97
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “but”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1267332830, page 147

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish بوت‎ (but)

Noun[edit]

but n (plural buturi)

1. thigh of an animal

Declension[edit]

Declension of but

Scots[edit]

Noun[edit]

but (plural buts)

1. The outer room of a small two-room cottage.

Preposition[edit]

but

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوت‎ (but)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bȕt m (Cyrillic spelling бу̏т)

Declension[edit]

Declension of but

References[edit]

• “but” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish بود‎ (bud), بوت‎ (but), from Proto-Turkic *būt. Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (būt).

Noun[edit]

but (definite accusative butu, plural butlar)

Synonyms[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

but (nominative plural buts)

Declension[edit]

declension of but

• 1 status as a case is disputed
• 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Westrobothnian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse bútr, likely in ablaut relation to Old Norse bauta, Old High German bōzan, Old English bēatan, English beat. Compare Jamtish búss, Norwegian butt, buss.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

but m (definite butn)

1. A thick stick.
2. A piece, clod, lump.
3. In general that which is bulky and shapeless.

   En but dill kall

   a big and fat man

4. A cumulus cloud.

Derived terms[edit]

• (cloud)

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  butes

• butut
• butsko

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

but

1. To earth up potatoes with a certain kind of plough.

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