but

Etymology
From, , , , from , from , , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , obsolete 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare,.

Eclipsed non-native borrowed from,  (> ).

Preposition

 * 1)  Apart from, except (for), excluding.
 * 2)  Outside of.
 * 1)  Outside of.
 * 1)  Outside of.
 * 1)  Outside of.
 * 1)  Outside of.
 * 1)  Outside of.

Adverb

 * 1)  Merely, only, just, no more than
 * 2)  Though, however.
 * 1)  Though, however.
 * 1)  Though, however.
 * 1)  Though, however.
 * 1)  Though, however.
 * 1)  Though, however.
 * 1)  Though, however.
 * 1)  Though, however.
 * 1)  Though, however.
 * 1)  Though, however.

Conjunction

 * 1) However,, ,.
 * 2) On the contrary,.
 * 3) 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".
 * 4)  Without it also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
 * 5)  Except with; unless with; without.
 * 6)  Only; solely; merely.
 * 7)  Until.
 * 8)  That.
 * 1) 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".
 * 2)  Without it also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
 * 3)  Except with; unless with; without.
 * 4)  Only; solely; merely.
 * 5)  Until.
 * 6)  That.
 * 1)  Without it also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
 * 2)  Except with; unless with; without.
 * 3)  Only; solely; merely.
 * 4)  Until.
 * 5)  That.
 * 1)  Without it also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
 * 2)  Except with; unless with; without.
 * 3)  Only; solely; merely.
 * 4)  Until.
 * 5)  That.
 * 1)  Except with; unless with; without.
 * 2)  Only; solely; merely.
 * 3)  Until.
 * 4)  That.
 * 1)  Until.
 * 2)  That.
 * 1)  That.
 * 1)  That.

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.

Translations

 * Adyghe: ау
 * Afrikaans:
 * Aleut: -iiĝali-, -ĝdagali-, -tagali-
 * Arabic:, , وَلٰكِن, وَلٰكِنَّ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: لكن
 * Hijazi Arabic: بس, لكن
 * South Levantine Arabic: لكن, بسّ
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Assamese: পিচে, পাচে, কিন্তু
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:, , ,
 * Basque:, nahiz eta
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:
 * Car Nicobarese: höng, lā, vaich-tö
 * Catalan:, , , emperò
 * Central Mnong: តីស, តីស​មា, ប្យាៈលាស, មពោៈ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 但係, 不過
 * Hakka: 但係, 毋過
 * Hokkien:, , , 無過, ,
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Chong: pəntɛː
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: mui
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * East Central German: abr
 * Estonian:, ,
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, , maxer, magar, inanque, inda que, malia que
 * Georgian: მაგრამ, თუმცა
 * German:, aber
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Greenlandic: -galuar, -kaluar, -raluar
 * Gujarati: પણ
 * Hawaiian: akā
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: लेकिन,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Inuktitut: -galuaq-, -kaluaq-, -raluaq-
 * Irish: ach
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, けれど, , , ,
 * Kabardian:
 * Kannada:
 * Khasi: hynrei
 * Khmer:, ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, , , ,
 * Kuy: paj
 * Lao: ແຕ່
 * Latin:, licet, ,
 * Latvian:, taču
 * Ligurian: ma
 * Lithuanian:, ,
 * Louisiana Creole: mé
 * Lü:
 * Macedonian: но, а́ма
 * Malay: tetapi
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: iżda
 * Maore Comorian: ɓadi
 * Marshallese: ma
 * Mbyá Guaraní: ha'e rã
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: гэхдээ
 * Mwali Comorian: walakini
 * Navajo: ndi
 * Ngazidja Comorian: sha, lakini, amma
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: ac, ah
 * Pacoh: kếh ma, ma, icốh ma, ncốh ma, nki ma
 * Pashto: لېکن,, مګر, منګر, وليکن, ولې
 * Persian:, , ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Rapa Nui: pero
 * Romani: tha'
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: cumbain che
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: а̏ли, а̏ма
 * Roman: ,
 * Shan:, , သေတႄႉ, သေလၵ်း, , ၵွႆးၵႃႈ, , ပွႆးလၵ်း
 * Slovak: ale
 * Slovene: ,
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: ale
 * Upper Sorbian:
 * Sotho: empa
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili: lakini
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: baga ma't, bagamat
 * Tajik: лекин,, вале, агарчи, гарчи
 * Tamil:
 * Tashelhit: macc
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan: ཡིན་ན་ཡང
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: لیکن, اگرچہ
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: er
 * Yiddish:
 * Zazaki: nara
 * Zhuang:
 * ǃXóõ: xàbēkà, gúʻni tshòo


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Aleut: al, alix̂, taĝa, tax̂
 * Arabic:, وَلٰكِنْ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: بس
 * Hijazi Arabic: بس, لكن
 * Moroccan Arabic: ولكن, أما
 * South Levantine Arabic: لكن, بسّ
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: পিচে, পাচে, কিন্তু
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:, ,
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: ,
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:, , , emperò
 * Chichewa: koma
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:, 但係, 不過
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Coptic: ⲁⲗⲗⲁ
 * Czech: ,
 * Dalmatian: mui
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian: არამედ
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἀλλά, δέ
 * Greenlandic: kisianni, -li (enclitic only)
 * Hawaiian: akā
 * Hebrew:, , ,
 * Hindi: लेकिन, ,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Inuktitut: kisiani, -li
 * Inupiaq: aglaan, -li (enclitic only)
 * Irish: ach
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ではなく, じゃなく
 * Kaingang: hã ra
 * Kapampangan: nune
 * Kazakh: бірақ
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بەڵام
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ແຕ່
 * Latgalian: a
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:, taču
 * Lithuanian:, ,
 * Macedonian: но, туку
 * Malay: tetapi
 * Maltese: iżda,
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:, биш, харин
 * Mwali Comorian: ɓe
 * Navajo: ndi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: нъ
 * Old East Slavic: нъ, але
 * Old English: ac, ah
 * Persian:, با این حال, , ,
 * Polish:
 * Pontic Greek: άμα, νέμα, κι̮άρ'
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Rapa Nui: pero
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: ma, però
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: него, већ
 * Roman:, već
 * Slovak: ale
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: bali, lakini,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kundi
 * Tajik:, вале, лекин
 * Talysh:
 * Asalemi: ولی
 * Tatar: ә, әмма
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: ཡིན་ན་ཡང
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: emma
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: لیکن, مگر, پرنتہ
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: heblaw am
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish:
 * Yup'ik: taugaam
 * Zazaki: labelê, nara
 * Zulu: kodwa, kodwa


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:, سِوًى
 * Hijazi Arabic: إلا, مَا عَدَا
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: çıxmaqla,, savayı
 * Basque: izan ezik, salbu
 * Belarusian: акрамя́
 * Catalan:, tret de,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 除咗……以外
 * Hokkien: 為着, 除了……以外
 * Mandarin: 除了……以外
 * Czech:, vyjma
 * Danish: undtagen,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, escepte de
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: uttan
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, eigo
 * Georgian: გარდა, გარეშე
 * German:, ,  (only after negative sentences)
 * Greek:, , με εξαίρεση,
 * Greenlandic: -li
 * Hebrew: פרט ל, למעט
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: ach
 * Italian:, , a parte,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ចៀសតែ
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بەڵام, جگھ
 * Northern Kurdish:, , ,
 * Macedonian: освен
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: minbarra, mingħajr
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, bortsett fra, unntatt, foruten
 * Occitan:, exceptat, , ,
 * Old English: būtan
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: сем, осим
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: okrem, len
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: ha e se
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: maliban
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: крім
 * Welsh: ac eithrio
 * West Frisian:
 * Zazaki:, nara


 * Azerbaijani:, təkcə
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: somente, namais, xiquera
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Old English: būtan
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: len
 * Spanish: ,
 * Zazaki: teyna


 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek:
 * Arabic:
 * Hungarian: (after a negative sentence),  (after a positive sentence)
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Old Prussian:
 * Persian:
 * Romanian:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Volapük:, , (archaic)

Noun

 * 1) An instance of using the word "but"; an objection or caveat.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
 * 2) A limit; a boundary.
 * 3) The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
 * 1) The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.

Verb

 * 1)  Use the word "but".

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  blunt

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , or from ; both from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬; see. The semantic development from "mound" to "target" is likely from martial training practice. The final is from the old pausal and liaison pronunciation; its (partial) restoration as the basic form may have been reinforced by related.

Noun

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

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

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

Noun

 * 1) pocket
 * 2)  money

Etymology 1
From, from , , equivalent to.

Etymology
From earlier, from. The change from to  was probably influenced by.

Noun

 * 1) shoe
 * 2) boot

Etymology
, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) much
 * 2) many

Adverb

 * 1) very

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) thigh of an animal

Noun

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

Preposition

 * 1) Outside of, without.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) thigh
 * 2) ham

Etymology
From, , from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) thigh

Noun

 * 1) boot