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butan

Pronunciation: /ˈbuː.tɑn/

“butan” is an Old English word. Its 7 meanings in English:

preposition

  1. without, except for, besides
  2. outside of
  3. for all, despite, in spite of, notwithstanding

conjunction

  1. unless
  2. except for, but
  3. except

adverb

  1. merely, only, just

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.

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