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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "but"}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|BUT}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|but}}, {{m|enm|buten}}, {{m|enm|boute}}, {{m|enm|bouten}}, from {{inh|en|ang|būtan|t=without, outside of, except, only}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*biūtan}}, {{m|gmw-pro|*biūtini}}, equivalent to {{af|en|be-|out|nocat=1}}. Cognate with {{cog|sco|but}}, {{m|sco|bot|t=outside, without, but}}, {{cog|stq|buute|t=without}}, {{cog|fy|bûten|t=outside of, apart from, other than, except, but}}, {{cog|nl|buiten|t=outside}}, {{cog|nds-nl|buten|t=outside}}, {{cog|nds-de|buuten}}, {{m|nds-de|buute|t=outside}}, obsolete {{cog|de|baußen|t=outside}}, {{cog|lb|baussen}}. Compare {{l|en|bin}}, {{l|en|about}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{qualifier|stressed form}}
** {{IPA|en|/bʌt/|[bɐt]|a=UK}}, {{enPR|bŭt}}
** {{IPA|en|/bʌt/|a=US}}, {{enPR|bŭt}}
** {{IPA|en|/bʊt/|a=Northern England}}
** {{IPA|en|/bʊʔ/|a=Irish}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-but.ogg|a=US}}
** {{audio|en|EN-AU ck1 but.ogg|a=AU}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-but.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/bət/|a=unstressed}}, {{enPR|bət}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-but2.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʌt|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|butt}}

===Preposition===
{{en-prep}}

# {{senseid|en|apart from}} [[apart from|Apart from]], [[except]] (for), [[excluding]].
#: {{syn|en|barring|except for|save for|Thesaurus:except}}
#: {{ux|en|Everyone '''but''' Father left early.}}
#: {{ux|en|I like everything '''but''' that.}}
#: {{ux|en|Nobody answered the door when I knocked, so I had no choice '''but''' to leave.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2011-10-23|author=Becky Ashton|work=BBC Sport
|title=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/15325522.stm QPR 1-0 Chelsea]
|passage=Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option '''but''' to point to the spot.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|outside|Scotland}} [[outside|Outside]] of.
#: {{ux|en|Away '''but''' the hoose and tell me whae's there.}}

===Adverb===
{{en-adv|-}}

# {{lb|en|chiefly|_|literary|or|poetic}} [[merely|Merely]], [[only]], [[just]], [[no]] [[more]] [[than]]
#: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:merely}}
#: {{ux|en|Christmas comes  '''but''' once a year.}}
#* {{RQ:KJV|2 Kings|7|4|passage=If they kill us, we shall '''but''' die.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1791|author=w:Robert Burns|title=w:Ae Fond Kiss
|passage=For to see her was to love her,<br>Love '''but''' her, and love for ever.}}
#* {{RQ:Thoreau Walden|chapter=Economy|passage=In those days, when my hands were much employed, I read '''but''' little, but the least scraps of paper which lay on the ground, my holder, or tablecloth, afforded me as much entertainment, in fact answered the same purpose as the Iliad.}}
#* {{RQ:Baum Wizard of Oz|passage=Now the Wicked Witch of the West had '''but''' one eye, yet that was as powerful as a telescope, and could see everywhere.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1975|author=w:Monty Python|title=w:Monty Python and the Holy Grail
|passage=Black Knight: "'Tis '''but''' a scratch." King Arthur: "A scratch? Your arm's off!"}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1977|author=w:Alistair Horne|title=A Savage War of Peace|location=New York|publisher=Review Books|year_published=2006|page=49
|passage=The stony outcrops are often covered '''but''' thinly with arable soil; winters are bitingly cold, and rainfall scanty and unpredictable.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1990|author=Claude de Bèze|title=[https://books.google.co.th/books/about/1688_revolution_in_Siam.html 1688 revolution in Siam: the memoir of Father de Bèze, s.j]|translator=E. W. Hutchinson|publisher=University Press|page=153
|passage=May the Protector of the Buddhist Faith grant me '''but''' seven more days grace of life to be quit of this disloyal couple, father and son.}}
# {{lb|en|Australian|Geordie|conjunctive}} [[though|Though]], [[however]].
#: {{syn|en|even so|nevertheless|notwithstanding|yet|Thesaurus:nevertheless}}
#: {{ux|en|I'll have to go home early '''but'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1906|author="Steele Rudd"|title=Back At Our Selection|page=161|passage="Supposin' the chap ain't dead, '''but'''?" Regan persisted.}}

===Conjunction===
{{en-con}}

# {{l|en|however|However}}, {{l|en|although}}, {{l|en|nevertheless}}, {{l|en|on the other hand}} {{q|introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence}}.
#: {{ux|en|She is very old '''but''' still attractive.}}
#: {{ux|en|You told me I could do that, '''but''' she said that I could not.}}
# {{l|en|on the contrary|On the contrary}}, {{l|en|rather}} {{q|as a regular {{l|en|adversative}} conjunction, introducing a word or clause in {{l|en|contrast}} or {{l|en|contradiction}} with the preceding negative clause or sentence}}.
#: {{ux|en|I am not rich '''but''' [I am] poor.&emsp; Not John '''but''' Peter went there.}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial}} {{ng|Used at the beginning of a sentence to express [[opposition]] to a [[remark]].}}
#: {{ux|en|'''But''' I never said you could do that!}}
#* {{RQ:Fielding Tom Jones|volume=IV|book=X|passage=In reality, I apprehend every amorous widow on the stage would run the hazard of being condemned as a servile imitation of Dido, '''but''' that happily very few of our play-house critics understand enough of Latin to read Virgil.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-07-19|author=[http://www.theguardian.com/profile/iansample Ian Sample]|volume=189|issue=6|page=34|magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly|title=[http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jul/08/irregular-bedtimes-affect-childrens-brains Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains]|passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits.<br>Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, '''but''' both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-06-29|volume=407|issue=8842|page=55| magazine=w:The Economist| title=[http://www.economist.com/news/international/21580191-edward-snowdens-odyssey-leaves-america-nonplussed-and-its-allies-dismayed-russia-china Travels and travails]| passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. '''But''', as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
# [[except|Except]] that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".
#: {{ux|en|I cannot '''but''' feel offended.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 5|IV|iii|text=And [[w:Saint Crispin's Day|Crispin Crispian]] shall ne’er go by,<br>From this day to the ending of the world,<br>'''''But''' we in it shall be rememberèd—}}
#* {{RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes|chapter=15|book=II|passage=There is no reason '''but''' hath another contrary unto it, saith the wisest party of Philosophers.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Othello|III|iv|passage=And '''but''' my noble Moor is true of mind<br>{{...}} it were enough to put him to ill thinking.}}
#* {{RQ:Keats Lamia|poem=Lamia|part=II|page=43|passage=A deadly silence step by step increased, <br> Until it seem'd a horrid presence there, <br> And not a man '''but''' felt the terror in his hair.}}
#* {{RQ:Thoreau Walden|chapter=Economy|passage=In those days, when my hands were much employed, I read but little, '''but''' the least scraps of paper which lay on the ground, my holder, or tablecloth, afforded me as much entertainment, in fact answered the same purpose as the Iliad.}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial}} {{n-g|Used to link an interjection to the following remark as an intensifier.}}
#: {{ux|en|Wow! '''But''' that's amazing!}}
#* {{quote-song|en|author={{w|Chuck Berry}}|title={{w|Johnny B. Goode}}|date=31 March 1958|artist=Chuck Berry|passage=Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade / Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made / People passing by, they would stop and say / "Oh, my, '''but''' that little country boy could play"}}
#* {{quote-song|en|lyricist={{w|Elton John}}|composer={{w|Bernie Taupin}}|title={{w|Bennie and the Jets}}|album={{w|Goodbye Yellow Brick Road}}|artist=Elton John, {{w|Davey Johnstone}}, {{w|Dee Murray}}, {{w|Nigel Olsson}}|date=4 February 1974|note=track 3|text=Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet? / Ooh, '''but''' they're so spaced out / B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets / Oh, '''but''' they're weird and they're wonderful / Oh, Bennie, she's really keen}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2013|author=Nora Roberts|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=BiX8HdYyPY0C&pg=PT25|title=Irish Thoroughbred|page=25|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=9781405523516
|passage="Jakers, '''but''' we worked." With a long breath she shut her eyes. "But it was too much for one woman and a half-grown girl {{...}}"}}
# {{lb|en|archaic}} Without it also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
#: {{ux|en|It never rains '''but''' it pours.}}
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|II|VI|passage=No arboret with painted blossomes drest, / And smelling sweet, '''but''' there it might be found {{...}}}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet|II|ii|passage=For there is nothing either good or bad, '''but''' thinking makes it so}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Except with; unless with; without.
#* {{RQ:Fuller Holy Warre|chapter=Unseasonable Discords betwixt King Baldwine and His Mother; Her Strength in Yeelding to Her Sonne|page=84|passage=This man unable to manage his own happineſſe, grew ſo inſolent that he could not go, '''but''' either ſpurning his equals, or trampling on his inferiours.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Only; solely; merely.
#* {{RQ:Milton Of Reformation|passage=Observe '''but''' how their own principles combat one another.}}
#* {{RQ:Dryden Metamorphoses|passage=a formidable man '''but''' to his friends}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[until|Until]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth|passage='Tshall not be long '''but''' I'll be here again.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|following a negated expression of improbability}} [[that|That]]. {{defdate|16th–19th c.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1784|author=w:Joshua Reynolds|editors=w:John Ingamells; w:John Edgcumbe|title=The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds|publisher=Yale|year_published=2000|page=131
|passage=It is not impossible '''but''' next year I may have the honour of waiting on your Lordship at St. Asaph, If I go to Ireland I certainly will go that way.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1789|author={{w|John Moore (Scottish physician)|John Moore}}|title=Zeluco|publisher=Valancourt|year_published=2008|page=132
|passage=“I am convinced, if you were to press this matter earnestly upon her, she would consent.”<br>“It is not impossible '''but''' she might,” said Madame de Seidlits {{...}}.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1813|journal=Journal of Natural Philosophy|month=July
|passage=It is not improbable '''but''' future observations will add Pliny's Well to the class of irregular reciprocators.}}

====Usage notes====
* It is generally considered colloquial to use ''but'' at the beginning of a sentence, with other conjunctions such as ''however'' or ''nevertheless'' being preferred in formal writing.
** {{ux|en|'''But''' the tool has its uses.}}
** {{ux|en|However the tool has its uses.}}
** {{ux|en|Nevertheless the tool has its uses.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|abbur}} {{q|Chester}}
* {{sense|except}} {{l|en|bar}}, {{l|en|unless}}, {{l|en|excepting}}, {{l|en|excluding}}, {{l|en|with the exception of}}, {{l|en|without}}
* {{sense|however}} {{l|en|yet}}, {{l|en|although}}, {{l|en|ac}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|although}}
* Adyghe: {{t|ady|ау}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|maar}}
* Aleut: {{t|ale|-iiĝali-}}, {{t|ale|-ĝdagali-}}, {{t|ale|-tagali-}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|لٰكِن}}, {{t+|ar|لٰكِنَّ}}, {{t|ar|وَلٰكِن|tr=wa-lākin}}, {{t|ar|وَلٰكِنَّ|tr=wa-lākinna}}, {{t+|ar|بَلْ}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|لكن|tr=laken}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|بس|tr=bass}}, {{t|acw|لكن|tr=lākin}}
*: South Levantine Arabic: {{t|ajp|لكن|tr=lāken}}, {{t|ajp|بسّ|tr=bass}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|թեեւ}}, {{t+|hy|բայց}}, {{t+|hy|սակայն}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|পিচে}}, {{t|as|পাচে}}, {{t|as|কিন্তু}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|pero}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|amma}}, {{t+|az|lakin}}, {{t+|az|ancaq}}, {{t+|az|fəqət}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|baina}}, {{t|eu|nahiz eta}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|але́}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|কিন্তু}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|लेकिन}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|met}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|но}}, {{t+|bg|оба́че}}, {{t+|bg|а́ма}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ဒါပေမဲ့}}
* Car Nicobarese: {{t|caq|höng}}, {{t|caq|lā}}, {{t|caq|vaich-tö}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|mes}}, {{t+|ca|però}}, {{t+|ca|mas}} {{qualifier|old}}, {{t|ca|emperò}}
* Central Mnong: {{t|cmo|តីស|tr=tĭh}}, {{t|cmo|តីសមា|tr=tĭh ma}}, {{t|cmo|ប្យាៈលាស|tr=ɓjăʔ lăh}}, {{t|cmo|មពោៈ|tr=mpŏʔ}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|但係}}, {{t|yue|不過|tr=bat1 gwo3}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|但係|tr=than-he}}, {{t|hak|毋過|tr=m̀-ko}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|但是|tr=tān-sī}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|不而過|tr=put-jî-kò, put-lî-kò}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|毋過|tr=m̄-koh, m̄-kò, m̄-kù}}, {{t|nan-hbl|無過|tr=bû-kò}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|不過|tr=put-kò}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|總是|tr=chóng-sī}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|可是}}, {{t+|cmn|但是}}, {{t+|cmn|不過}}
* Chong: {{t|cog|pəntɛː}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|ale}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|mui}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|men}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|maar}}
* East Central German: {{t|gmw-ecg|abr}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|kuid}}, {{t+|et|aga}}, {{t+|et|a}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* Faroese: {{t+|fo|men}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mutta}}
* French: {{t+|fr|mais}}, {{t+|fr|cependant}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|porén}}, {{t+|gl|macar}}, {{t|gl|maxer}}, {{t|gl|magar}}, {{t|gl|inanque}}, {{t|gl|inda que}}, {{t|gl|malia que}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მაგრამ}}, {{t|ka|თუმცა}}
* German: {{t+|de|aber}}, aber {{t+|de|trotzdem}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μολονότι}}, {{t+|el|παρόλο}}, {{t+|el|καίτοι}}, {{t+|el|αν και}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|-galuar}}, {{t|kl|-kaluar}}, {{t|kl|-raluar}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|પણ}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|akā}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אֲבָל|tr=avál}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|लेकिन}}, {{t+|hi|पर}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|de}}, {{t+|hu|viszont}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|en}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|ma}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kecuali}}, {{t+|id|tetapi}}, {{t+|id|tapi}}
* Inuktitut: {{t|iu|-galuaq-}}, {{t|iu|-kaluaq-}}, {{t|iu|-raluaq-}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ach}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|ma}}, {{t+|it|però}}, {{t+|it|tuttavia}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|が|tr=ga}}, {{t|ja|けれど|tr=keredo}}, {{t+|ja|けれども|tr=keredomo}}, {{t+|ja|けど|tr=kedo}}, {{t+|ja|しかし|tr=shikashi}}, {{t+|ja|でも|tr=demo}}
* Kabardian: {{t+|kbd|ауэ}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಆದರೆ}}
* Khasi: {{t|kha|hynrei}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|តែ}}, {{t+|km|ប៉ុន្តែ}}, {{t+|km|ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ|tr=kɑɑ pontae}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|그러나}}, {{t+|ko|하지만}}, {{t+|ko|지만|alt=-지만}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|lê}}, {{t+|kmr|feqet}}, {{t+|kmr|bes}}, {{t+|kmr|lêbelê}}, {{t+|kmr|ema}}
* Kuy: {{t|kdt|paj}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ແຕ່}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|quamvis}}, {{t|la|licet}}, {{t+|la|ut}}, {{t+|la|sed}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|bet}}, {{t|lv|taču}}
* Ligurian: {{t|lij|ma}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|bet}}, {{t+|lt|tačiau}}, {{t+|lt|nors}}
* Louisiana Creole: {{t|lou|mé}}
* Lü: {{t-needed|khb}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|но}}, {{t|mk|а́ма}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|tetapi}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പക്ഷേ}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|iżda}}
* Maore Comorian: {{t|swb|ɓadi}}
* Mari:
*: Eastern Mari: {{t|mhr|а}}
* Marshallese: {{t|mh|ma}}
* Mbyá Guaraní: {{t|gun|ha'e rã}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|mn|гэхдээ}}
* Mwali Comorian: {{t|wlc|walakini}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|ndi}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|sha}}, {{t|zdj|lakini}}, {{t|zdj|amma}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|men}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|mas}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ac}}, {{t|ang|ah}} {{qualifier|Anglian}}
* Pacoh: {{t|pac|kếh ma}}, {{t|pac|ma}}, {{t|pac|icốh ma}}, {{t|pac|ncốh ma}}, {{t|pac|nki ma}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|لېکن|tr=léken}}, {{t+|ps|اما|tr=amã}}, {{t|ps|مګر|tr=magár}}, {{t|ps|منګر|tr=mangár}}, {{t|ps|وليکن|tr=walikén}}, {{t|ps|ولې|tr=wále}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|گرچه|tr=garče}}, {{t+|fa|ولی|tr=vali}}, {{t+|fa|اگرچه|tr=agarče}}, {{t+|fa|لیکن|tr=liken}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ale}}, {{t+|pl|chociaż}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|embora}}, {{t+|pt|mas}}
* Rapa Nui: {{t|rap|pero}}
* Romani: {{t|rom|tha'}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|dar}}, {{t+|ro|însă}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|cumbain che}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|но}}, {{t+|ru|то́лько}}, {{t+|ru|хотя́}}, {{t+|ru|хоть}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|ach}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|а̏ли}}, {{t|sh|а̏ма}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|ȁli}}, {{t+|sh|ȁma}}
* Shan: {{t+|shn|သီႈတႄႉ}}, {{t+|shn|သီႈလၵ်း}}, {{t|shn|သေတႄႉ}}, {{t|shn|သေလၵ်း}}, {{t+|shn|ၵူၺ်းၵႃႈ}}, {{t|shn|ၵွႆးၵႃႈ}}, {{t+|shn|ပွႆးၸိုင်}}, {{t|shn|ပွႆးလၵ်း}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|ale}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|čepràv}}, {{t+|sl|tóda}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|ale}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t+|hsb|ale}}
* Sotho: {{t|st|empa}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aunque}}, {{t+|es|pero}}, {{t+|es|mas}}, {{t+|es|empero}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|lakini}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|men}}, {{t+|sv|fast}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|baga ma't}} {{qualifier|formally}}, {{t|tl|bagamat}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|лекин}}, {{t+|tg|аммо}}, {{t|tg|вале}}, {{t|tg|агарчи}}, {{t|tg|гарчи}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|ஆனால்}}
* Tashelhit: {{t|shi|macc|tr=mish}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|แต่}}, {{t+|th|แต่ว่า}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཡིན་ན་ཡང}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ama}}, {{t+|tr|ancak}}, {{t+|tr|fakat}}, {{t+|tr|lakin}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|але́}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|لیکن|tr=lekin}}, {{t|ur|اگرچہ}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|nhưng}}, {{t+|vi|nhưng mà}}, {{t+|vi|mà}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|ab}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|er}}
* Yiddish: {{t+|yi|אָבער}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|nara}}
* Zhuang: {{t-needed|za}}
* ǃXóõ: {{t|nmn|xàbēkà}}, {{t|nmn|gúʻni tshòo}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|rather}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|maar}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|por}}
* Aleut: {{t|ale|al}}, {{t|ale|alix̂}}, {{t|ale|taĝa}}, {{t|ale|tax̂}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|لٰكِن}}, {{t|ar|وَلٰكِنْ|tr=wa-lākin}}, {{t+|ar|بَلْ}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|بس|tr=bas}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|بس|tr=bass}}, {{t|acw|لكن|tr=lākin}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|ولكن|tr=wa-lakin}}, {{t|ary|أما|tr=ʔamma}}
*: South Levantine Arabic: {{t|ajp|لكن|tr=lāken}}, {{t|ajp|بسّ|tr=bass}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|այլ}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|পিচে}}, {{t|as|পাচে}}, {{t|as|কিন্তু}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|pero}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|amma}}, {{t+|az|lakin}}, {{t+|az|fəqət}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|baina}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|але́}}, {{t+|be|а}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|কিন্তু}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|met}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|но}}, {{t+|bg|ала́}} {{qualifier|often literary}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|သို့ရာတွင်}}, {{t+|my|သို့ပေမဲ့}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|mes}}, {{t+|ca|però}}, {{t+|ca|mas}} {{qualifier|old}}, {{t|ca|emperò}}
* Chichewa: {{t|ny|koma}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t+|yue|而|tr=ji4}}, {{t|yue|但係}}, {{t|yue|不過|tr=bat1 gwo3}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|可是}}, {{t+|cmn|但是}}, {{t+|cmn|不過}}, {{t+|cmn|而|tr=ér}}
* Coptic: {{t|cop|ⲁⲗⲗⲁ}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|ale}}, {{t+|cs|jenže}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|mui}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|men}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|maar}}, {{t+|nl|echter}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|sed}}, {{t+|eo|tamen}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|ent}}
* Faroese: {{t+|fo|men}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mutta}}, {{t+|fi|vaan}}
* French: {{t+|fr|mais}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|mais}}, {{t+|gl|pero}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|არამედ}}
* German: {{t+|de|sondern}}, {{t+|de|aber}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αλλά}}, {{t+|el|μα}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀλλά}}, {{t|grc|δέ}} {{qualifier|postposition}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|kisianni}}, {{t|kl|-li}} (enclitic only)
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|akā}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אֲבָל|tr=avál}}, {{t+|he|אוּלָם|tr=ulám}}, {{t+|he|אַךְ|tr=akh}}, {{t+|he|בְּרַם|tr=b'ram}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|लेकिन}}, {{t+|hi|मगर}}, {{t+|hi|परंतु}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|de}}, {{t+|hu|viszont}}, {{t+|hu|hanem}}, {{t+|hu|azonban}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|heldur}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|ma}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|namun}}, {{t+|id|tetapi}}
* Inuktitut: {{t|iu|kisiani}}, {{qualifier|enclitic only}} {{t|iu|-li}}
* Inupiaq: {{t|ik|aglaan}}, {{t|ik|-li}} (enclitic only)
* Irish: {{t|ga|ach}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|ma}}, {{t+|it|però}}, {{t+|it|tuttavia}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|[[では]][[ない|なく]]|tr=de wa naku}}, {{t|ja|[[じゃ]][[ない|なく]]|tr=ja naku}}
* Kaingang: {{t|kgp|hã ra}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|nune}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|бірақ}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ដែរ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|그러나}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|بەڵام}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|lê}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|бирок}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ແຕ່}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|a}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|sed}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|bet}}, {{t|lv|taču}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|bet}}, {{t+|lt|tačiau}}, {{t+|lt|nors}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|но}}, {{t|mk|туку}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|tetapi}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|iżda}}, {{t+|mt|imma}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|харин}}, {{t|mn|[[биш]], [[харин]]}}
* Mwali Comorian: {{t|wlc|ɓe}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|ndi}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|men}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|mas}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|нъ}}
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|нъ}}, {{t|orv|але}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ac}}, {{t|ang|ah}} {{qualifier|Anglian}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|اما|tr=ammâ}}, {{t|fa|با این حال|tr=ba in hâl}}, {{t+|fa|ولی|tr=vali}}, {{t+|fa|مگر|tr=magar}}, {{t+|fa|لیکن|tr=liken}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ale}}
* Pontic Greek: {{t|pnt|άμα}}, {{t|pnt|νέμα}}, {{t|pnt|κι̮άρ'}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mas}}, {{t+|pt|porém}}
* Rapa Nui: {{t|rap|pero}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|ci}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|ma}}, {{t|rm|però}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|а}}, {{t+|ru|но}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|तु}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|него}}, {{t|sh|већ}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|nego}}, {{t|sh|već}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|ale}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|a}}, {{t+|sl|àmpak}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|sino}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|bali}}, {{t|sw|lakini}}, {{t+|sw|walakini}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|utan}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kundi}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|аммо}}, {{t|tg|вале}}, {{t|tg|лекин}}
* Talysh:
*: Asalemi: {{t|tly|ولی|tr=vali}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|ә}}, {{t|tt|әмма}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|แต่}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཡིན་ན་ཡང}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|ama}}, {{t+|tr|fakat}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|emma}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|але́}}, {{t+|uk|а}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|لیکن|tr=lekin}}, {{t|ur|مگر|tr=magar}}, {{t|ur|پرنتہ|tr=parantu}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|ammo}}, {{t+|uz|lekin}}, {{t+|uz|biroq}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|nhưng}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|heblaw am}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|mar}}
* Yiddish: {{t+|yi|אָבער}}
* Yup'ik: {{t|esu|taugaam}} {{q|sometimes enclitic only}}
* Zazaki: {{t+|zza|labelê}}, {{t|zza|nara}}
* Zulu: {{t|zu|kodwa}}, {{t|zu|kodwa}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|except}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|behalwe}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|إِلَّا}}, {{t|ar|سِوًى}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|إلا|tr=illa}}, {{t|ar|مَا عَدَا}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|բացի}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|çıxmaqla}}, {{t+|az|başqa}}, {{t|az|savayı}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|izan ezik}}, {{t|eu|salbu}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|акрамя́}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|llevat de}}, {{t|ca|tret de}}, {{t+|ca|excepte}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|除咗……以外|tr=ceoi4 zo2 ... ji5 ngoi6}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|為着|tr=ūi-tio̍h}}, {{t|nan-hbl|除了……以外|tr=tî-liáu ... í-gōa / tû-liáu ... í-gōa}}
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|除了……以外|tr=chúle ... yǐwài}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kromě}}, {{t|cs|vyjma}}
* Danish: {{t|da|undtagen}}, {{t+|da|uden}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|behalve}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|krom}}, {{t|eo|escepte de}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|peale}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|uttan}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|paitsi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sauf}}, {{t+|fr|en dehors de}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|agás}}, {{t|gl|eigo}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გარდა}}, {{t|ka|გარეშე}}
* German: {{t+|de|außer}}, {{t+|de|aber}} {{t+|de|nicht}}, {{t+|de|als}} (only after negative sentences)
* Greek: {{t+|el|εκτός}}, {{t+|el|πλην}}, {{t|el|με εξαίρεση}}, {{t+|el|αλλά}}
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|-li}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|פרט ל|tr=prat' le-}}, {{t|he|למעט|tr=lema‘et'}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csak}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|tetapi}}, {{t+|id|tapi}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ach}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|eccetto}}, {{t+|it|salvo}}, {{t|it|a parte}}, {{t+|it|tranne}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|以外|tr=いがい, igai}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ចៀសតែ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|외|alt=-외에}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|بەڵام}}, {{t|ckb|جگھ}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|lê}}, {{t+|kmr|ema}}, {{t+|kmr|feqet}}, {{t+|kmr|meger}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|освен}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|kecuali}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|minbarra}}, {{t|mt|mingħajr}}
* Mari:
*: Eastern Mari: {{t|mhr|а}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|enn}}, {{t|nb|bortsett fra}}, {{t|nb|unntatt}}, {{t|nb|foruten}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|levat}}, {{t|oc|exceptat}}, {{t+|oc|fòra}}, {{t+|oc|franc}}, {{t+|oc|manca}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|būtan}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|بجز|tr=bejoz}}, {{t+|fa|مگر|tr=magar}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|oprócz}}, {{t+|pl|z wyjątkiem}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|exceto}}, {{t+|pt|salvo}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|decât}}, {{t|ro|în afară de}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кро́ме}}, {{t+|ru|лишь}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|ach}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|сем}}, {{t|sh|осим}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|sem}}, {{t+|sh|osim}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|okrem}}, {{t|sk|len}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|rázen}}
* Sotho: {{t|st|ha e se}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|excepto}}, {{t+|es|salvo}}, {{t+|es|sino}}, {{t+|es|mas}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|förutom}}, {{t+|sv|utom}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|maliban}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|hariç}}, {{t+|tr|başka}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|крім}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|ac eithrio}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|mar}}
* Zazaki: {{t+|zza|la}}, {{t|zza|nara}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|solely, only, merely (obsolete)}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|ancaq}}, {{t|az|təkcə}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|只|tr=zhǐ}}
* French: {{t+|fr|que}}, {{t+|fr|seulement}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|somente}}, {{t|gl|namais}}, {{t|gl|xiquera}}
* German: {{t+|de|nur}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csak}}, {{t+|hu|csupán}}, {{t+|hu|mindössze}}, {{t+|hu|pusztán}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|だけ|tr=dake}}, {{t+|ja|しか|tr=shika}}
* Lithuanian:  {{t+|lt|tik}}, {{t+|lt|vos}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|būtan}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|doar}}, {{t+|ro|numai}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|то́лько}}, {{t+|ru|лишь}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|len}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|sólo}}, {{t+|es|solamente}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|teyna}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient Greek: {{t-check|grc|ἀλλά}}
* Arabic: {{t+check|ar|بَل}}
* Hungarian: {{t-check|hu|[[kivéve]] [[-t]], [[csak]]}} (after a negative sentence), {{t-check|hu|[[csak]] [[nem]]}} (after a positive sentence)
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|tapi}}, {{t+check|id|tetapi}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+check|kmr|lê}} {{q|Kurmanji}}
* Old Prussian: {{t-check|prg|aber}}
* Persian: {{t+check|fa|ولی|tr=vali}}
* Tamil: {{t+check|ta|ஆனால்}}
* Telugu: {{t+check|te|కానీ}}
* Volapük: {{t+check|vo|ab}}, {{t+check|vo|efe}}, {{t+check|vo|sod}} (archaic)
{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# An [[instance#Noun|instance]] of using the word "but"; an [[objection#Noun|objection]] or [[caveat#Noun|caveat]].
#: {{ux|en|It has to be done—no ifs, ands, or '''buts'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|But—and this is a big '''but'''—you have to come home by sundown.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=1922-03-04|title=Fed on Fear Too Much|journal=The Pathfinder|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Pathfinder Publishing Company|volume=29|issue=1470|page=33|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/sim_town-journal_1922-03-04_29_1470/page/32/mode/2up?q=%22buts+and+nots%22|passage=The children are taught to be afraid of winter, of war, of death, of hard times, of disease, of examtinations. Perhaps that is one of the reasons that children so seldom find the conversation of their elders uplifting. It is full of don’ts, '''buts''' and nots.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Concepcion de Leon|title=5 Things Well-Meaning People Say to Me That Are Actually Really Offensive|work=[[w:Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208093938/https://www.glamour.com/story/5-things-well-meaning-people-say-to-me-that-are-actually-really-offensive|location=Greenwich, C.T.;{{nb...|New York, N.Y.; Los Angeles, C.A.}}|publisher=[[w:Condé Nast|Condé Nast Publications]]|date=28 December 2016|issn=0017-0747|oclc=5259082|passage="I support you/understand where you're coming from, but..." ¶ No. No "'''buts'''" when it comes to other people's survival.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Catriona Harvey-Jenner|title=8 foods you should never eat before a workout|work=[[w:Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128234014/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/diet-nutrition/a23280061/foods-never-eat-before-workout/|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=w:Hearst Communications|date=17 September 2018|issn=0010-9541|oclc=1770745|passage=But - and this is a pretty important '''but''' - it's just as bad to eat the ''wrong'' thing before a workout as it is to eat nothing at all.}}
# {{lb|en|Scotland}} The [[outer]] [[room]] of a small two-room [[cottage]].
# A [[limit]]; a [[boundary]].
# The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the [[butt]].

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|top and but}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb|++}}

# {{lb|en|archaic}} Use the word "but".
#: {{ux|en|'''But''' me no buts.}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en|title=Terms derived from the preposition, adverb, conjunction, or noun ''but''|all but|but and ben|but good|ifs, ands, or buts|all-but|anything but|but for|but for the grace of God|but hey|but if|but me no buts|but seriously folks|but then|but then again|but who's counting|cannot but|cannot help but|gurry-but|not but|not only … but also|nothing but|though but|can't but|can't help but|everything but the galley stove|it's not what you know but whom you know|it's not what you say but how you say it|Jill of all trades but mistress of none|silent-but-violent|yesterday but one}}

===References===
* {{R:OneLook}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=btu|BTU|TBU|tub}}

{{cln|en|coordinating conjunctions|focus adverbs|three-letter words}}

==Danish==

===Etymology===
From {{der|da|gml|butt}}.

===Adjective===
{{da-adj}}

# {{lb|da|rare}} [[blunt]]

====Inflection====
{{da-infl-adj|butt}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|da|stump}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|da|spids}}

==French==

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|fr|frm|but||mark, goal}}, from {{der|fr|fro|but||aim, goal, end, target}}, from {{der|fr|fro|butte||mound, knoll, target}}, from {{der|fr|frk|*but||stump, log}}, or from {{der|fr|non|bútr||log, stump, butt}}; both from {{der|fr|gem-pro|*buttaz||end, piece}}, from {{der|fr|ine-pro|*bʰewd-||to beat, push}}.

Cognate with {{cog|ang|butt||tree stump}}; see {{m|en|butt}}. The semantic development from "mound" to "target" is likely from [[martial]] training practice. The final {{IPAchar|/t/}} is from the old pausal and liaison pronunciation; its (partial) restoration as the basic form may have been reinforced by related {{m|fr|butte}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{fr-IPA}}
** {{homophones|fr|bu|bue|bues|bus|bût|buts}}
* {{fr-IPA|butt|a=outside Canada now more often}}
** {{homophones|fr|bute|butent|butes|bûtes|buts|butte|buttent|buttes}}
** {{audio|fr|Fr-but.ogg}}

====Noun====
{{fr-noun|m}}

# [[aim]]
# [[goal]] {{gloss|result one is attempting to achieve}}
# {{lb|fr|sports}} [[goal]] {{gloss|in the place, act, or point sense}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|fr|fin}}
* {{l|fr|objectif}}
* {{l|fr|dessein}}
* {{l|fr|point}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|fr
|but cadré
|but contre son camp
|but en argent
|but en or
|buter
|buteur
|buteuse
|coup de pied de but
|de but en blanc
|deuxième but
|droit au but
|gardien de but
|gardienne de but
|premier but
|tirs au but
|troisième but
}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{m|fr|boire}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{homophones|fr|bu|bue|bues|bus|bût|buts}}

====Verb====
{{head|fr|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|fr|boire||3|s|phis}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

{{C|fr|Football (soccer)|Handball|Hockey}}
{{cln|fr|terms with irregularly sounded consonant}}

==Iban==

===Adjective===
{{head|iba|adjective}}

# [[stinky]]

==Indonesian==

===Noun===
{{id-noun|pl=-}}

# {{lb|id|computing}} [[bootstrap]] (process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory)

===References===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

==Maltese==
{{mt-root|b-w-t}}

===Etymology===
{{rfe|mt}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mt|/buːt/}}
* {{rhymes|mt|uːt|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{mt-noun|g=m|p=bwiet|dim=bwejjet|dim2=buta|dim3=bwejta}}

# [[pocket]]
# {{lb|mt|figuratively}} [[money]]

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|enm|ang|būtan}}, from {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*biūtan}}, {{m|gmw-pro|*biūtini}}, equivalent to {{af|enm|be-|out|nocat=1}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|bute|buten|boute|bouten}}
* {{alter|enm|botte|bot|bod}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|enm|/but/}}

====Conjunction====
{{head|enm|conjunction}}

# {{l|en|but}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|but}}
* {{desc|sco|but}}
* {{desc|yol|mot}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=but|pos=conj|id=MED6406}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{tlb|enm|Northern ME}} {{alt form|enm|bote|t=boot|id=boot}}

[[Category:Northern Middle English]]

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}
[[File:Black Converse sneakers.JPG|thumb|buty]]

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|pl|bót||obsolete|or|dialectal|Lubawa}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|pl|fro|frk|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro}}
From earlier {{m|pl|bót}}, from {{bor|pl|zlw-ocs|bot}}. The change from {{m|pl|bót}} to {{m|pl|but}} was probably influenced by {{m|pl|obuty|t=shod}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=Pl-but.ogg;LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-but.wav|hh=bud}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-in,m-anml|dim=bucik|dim2=butek|aug=bucior|aug2=bucisko}}

# [[shoe]] {{gl|protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material}}
# [[boot]] {{gl|heavy shoe that covers part of the leg}}
# {{lb|pl|Chełmno|unit of measure}} {{syn of|pl|stopa}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-anml|accs=but/buta}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|pl|title=adverbs|z buta}}
{{col|pl|title=nouns|czyścibut|pucybut|półbut}}
{{col|pl|title=phrases|szewc bez butów chodzi}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP||1971}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}
* {{R:pl:Nitsch:1907||387}}

{{C|pl|Footwear|Units of measure}}

==Romani==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|rom|pra-sau|𑀩𑀳𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢}},<ref name="bi">{{R:rom:Boretzky-Igla|but|page=39b}}</ref> from {{inh|rom|sa|बहुत्व|t=much, many, very}}.<ref name="bi"/><ref name="t">{{R:CDIAL|bahutva|9190|page=519}}</ref> Cognate with {{cog|hi|बहुत}}.

===Adjective===
{{head|rom|adjective|oblique|bute|cat2=1-syllable words}}

# [[much]]<ref name="bi"/><ref name="t"/><ref name="cI">{{R:Courthiade:2009|entry=but B-ćham: -e I|page=97a}}</ref><ref name="s">{{R:NERG+|entry=but|page=147}}</ref>
# [[many]]<ref name="bi"/><ref name="t"/><ref name="cI"/>
#: {{ux|rom|'''But''' rroma mekhle i India thaj gele p-e aver phuva.''|t='''Many''' Roma left India and went towards other lands.}}

===Adverb===
{{head|rom|adverb}}

# [[very]]<ref name="bi"/><ref name="s"/><ref>{{R:Courthiade:2009|entry=but II|page=97a}}</ref>

===References===
<references/>

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|ota|بوت|tr=but}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|buturi}}

# [[thigh]] of an animal

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n-uri}}

==Scots==

===Noun===
{{sco-noun}}

# The [[outer]] [[room]] of a small two-room [[cottage]].

===Preposition===
{{sco-prep}}

# [[outside|Outside]] of, [[without]].

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|sh|ota|بوت|tr=but}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sh|/bût/}}

===Noun===
{{sh-noun|g=m|head=bȕt}}

# [[thigh]]
# [[ham]]

====Declension====
{{sh-decl-noun
|bȕt|bùtovi
|buta|butova
|butu|butovima
|but|butove
|bute|butovi
|butu|butovima
|butom|butovima
}}

===References===
* {{R:sh:HJP|f11kURA%3D}}

==Turkish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|tr|bud||dialectal}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|tr|ota|بود|tr=bud}}, {{m|ota|بوت|tr=but}}, from {{inh|tr|trk-pro|*būt}}. Compare {{cog|otk|tr=būt}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|tr|LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-but.wav}}

===Noun===
{{tr-noun|u|lar}}

# [[thigh]]

====Synonyms====
* {{l|tr|uyluk}}

==Volapük==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|vo|/but/}}

===Noun===
{{vo-noun}}

# [[boot]]

====Declension====
{{vo-decl-noun}}

{{C|vo|Footwear}}