# butan
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbutan]

### Noun

butan m inan
* (chemistry) butane (C$_4$H$_{10}$)

#### 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)
* butane

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

butan m or n (definite singular butanen or butanet)
* 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: /ˈbuː.tɑn/

### Preposition

būtan
* 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.
* 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.
* for all, despite, in spite of, notwithstanding (+ dative)
    Synonym: for

### Conjunction

būtan
* (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.
* 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.
* 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
* (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

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “but”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbu.tan/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -utan
* Syllabification: bu‧tan
* Homophone: Bhutan

### Noun

butan m inan (related adjective butanowy)
* butane (hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10 n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French butane.

### Noun

butan m (plural butani)
* butane

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bǔtaːn/
* Homophone: Bùtān
* Hyphenation: bu‧tan

### Noun

bùtān m (Cyrillic spelling бу̀та̄н)
* (uncountable) butane

#### Declension
## Slovene
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /butáːn/

### Noun

butȃn m inan
* butane

#### Inflection
## Swedish
### Etymology

From Latin butyrum (“butter”) +‎ -an.

### Noun

butan n
* butane

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | butan | butans |
| singular | definite | butanet | butanets |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| plural | definite | — | — |

### Anagrams

* bunta

## Volapük
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [buˈtan]

### Noun

butan (nominative plural butans)
* butane

#### Declension

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