but

Meanings

Adverb

• Merely, only, just, no more than
• Though, however.

Noun

• An instance or example of using the word "but".
• 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.

Verb

• Use the word "but".

Related

Similar words

• abbur
• bar, unless, excepting, excluding, with the exception of, without
• yet, although, ac

Origin

• From Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan, equivalent to be- + out. Cognate with Scots but, bot, Saterland Frisian buute, West Frisian bûten, Dutch buiten, Dutch Low Saxon buten, German Low German buuten, buute, obsolete German baußen, Luxembourgish baussen. Compare bin, about.
• Eclipsed non-native Middle English mes borrowed from Old French mes, mais (> French mais).