Standard Lemma guide

but

adv · conj · name · noun · prep · verb · 22 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbʌt/ stressed form
  • [bʌ̈t] stressed form
  • bŭt stressed form
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Ireland, Northern-England: /ˈbʊt/ without the foot-strut split
  • /ˈbət/ South Wales, strut-comma merger
  • /ˈbɜt/ /ʌ/-fronting, Midland US, Southern US, African-American Vernacular
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈbɐ̞t/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • unstressed: /bət/
  • unstressed: bət
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌt
  • homophone: butt
  • CMU ARPABET: B AH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Merely, only, just, no more than.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literary, not-comparable, poetic

Examples

  • Christmas comes but once a year, so we can but wait till then.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barely, but, just, literally, merely, no more than, nothing but, only, simply

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Though, however.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Geordie, Scotland, conjunctive, not-comparable

Examples

  • I'll have to go home early but.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: even so, nevertheless, notwithstanding, yet, all that said, anyhow, all the same, be it as it may, be that as it may, but, having said that, howbeit, however, just the same, maugre, natheless, nonetheless, still, still and all, that being said, that said, though, withal

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

Used to repeat an adverb for emphasis; simply; just; absolutely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I would never, but never do such a thing!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

conj

Meaning 4

However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She is very old but still attractive.
  • She’s welcomed them but been rude to us.
  • You told me I could do that, but she said that I could not.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

conj

Meaning 5

On the contrary, rather (as a regular adversative conjunction, introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I am not rich but [I am] poor. Not John but Peter went there.
  • It’s not so much that we don’t wanna go, but I just haven’t time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

conj

Meaning 6

Used at the beginning of a sentence to express opposition to a remark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • But I never said you could do that!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

conj

Meaning 7

Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, (archaic) with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I cannot but feel offended.
  • My kid does nothing but watch TV all day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

conj

Meaning 8

Used to link an interjection to the following remark as an intensifier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • Wow! But that's amazing!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

conj

Meaning 9

Without it also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • It never rains but it pours
  • I never hear this song but I think of you.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

conj

Meaning 10

Except with; unless with; without.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

conj

Meaning 11

Only; solely; merely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

conj

Meaning 12

Until.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

conj

Meaning 13

That.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Qualifier: following a negated expression of improbability

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

name

Meaning 14

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

An instance of using the word "but"; an objection or caveat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It has to be done—no ifs, ands, or buts.
  • But—and this is a big but—you have to come home by sundown.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

The outer room of a small two-room cottage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

A limit; a boundary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

prep

Meaning 19

Apart from, except (for), excluding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Everyone but Father left early.
  • I like everything but that.
  • Nobody answered the door when I knocked, so I had no choice but to leave.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barring, except for, save for, apart, apart from, aside, aside from, bar, besides, but, but for, except, excepting, excluding, forby, modulo, not counting, other than, outtake, save, saving, with the exception of

Antonyms: none provided

20

prep

Meaning 20

Outside of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: obsolete outside Scotland

Examples

  • Away but the hoose and tell me whae's there.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

Use the word "but".

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • But me no buts.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

adverb

Meaning 22

and nothing more

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I was merely asking
  • it is simply a matter of time
  • just a scratch
  • he was only a child
  • hopes that last but a moment

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: merely, simply, just, only

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan (“without, outside of, except, only”), from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan, *biūtini, equivalent to be- + out. Cognate with Scots but, bot (“outside, without, but”), Saterland Frisian buute (“without”), West Frisian bûten (“outside of, apart from, other than, except, but”), Dutch buiten (“outside”), Dutch Low Saxon buten (“outside”), German Low German buuten, buute (“outside”), obsolete German baußen (“outside”), Luxembourgish baussen. Compare bin, about.

Across languages

Translations

597 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: maar — although
  • Aleut: -iiĝali- — although
  • Aleut: -ĝdagali- — although
  • Aleut: -tagali- — although
  • Arabic: لٰكِن (lākin) — although
  • Arabic: لٰكِنَّ (lākinna) — although
  • Arabic: وَلٰكِن (wa-lākin) — although
  • Arabic: وَلٰكِنَّ (wa-lākinna) — although
  • Arabic: لكن (laken) — although
  • Arabic: بس (bas) — although
  • Arabic: بس (bass) — although
  • Arabic: لكن (lākin) — although
  • Arabic: لكن (lāken) — although
  • Arabic: بسّ (bass) — although
  • Armenian: թեեւ (tʻeew) — although
  • Armenian: բայց (baycʻ) — although
  • Armenian: սակայն (sakayn) — although
  • Assamese: পিচে (pise) — although
  • Assamese: পাচে (pase) — although
  • Assamese: কিন্তু (kintu) — although
  • Asturian: pero — although
  • Azerbaijani: amma — although
  • Azerbaijani: lakin — although
  • Azerbaijani: ancaq — although
  • Azerbaijani: fəqət — although
  • Basque: baina — although
  • Basque: nahiz eta — although
  • Belarusian: але́ (aljé) — although
  • Bengali: কিন্তু (kintu) — although
  • Bhojpuri: लेकिन (lēkin) — although
  • Breton: met — although
  • Bulgarian: но (no) — although
  • Bulgarian: оба́че (obáče) — although
  • Bulgarian: а́ма (áma) — although
  • Burmese: ဒါပေမဲ့ (dapemai.) — although
  • Catalan: mes — although
  • Catalan: però — although
  • Catalan: mas — although
  • Catalan: emperò — although
  • Chechen: тӏаккха (tʼaqqa) — although
  • Chechen: амма (amma) — although
  • Chechen: -ехь (-jeḥr) — although
  • Chechen: -ам (-am) — although
  • Chechen: делахь (delaḥr) — although
  • Chechen: -ча (-ča) — although
  • Chechen: -ахь (-aḥr) — although
  • Chinese Cantonese: 但係 /但系 (daan6 hai6) — although
  • Chinese Cantonese: 不過 /不过 (bat1 gwo3) — although
  • Hakka Chinese: 但係 /但系 (than-he) — although
  • Hakka Chinese: 毋過 /毋过 (m̀-ko) — although
  • Chinese: 但是 (zh-min-nan) — although
  • Chinese: 不而過 /不而过 (zh-min-nan) — although
  • Chinese: 毋過 /毋过 (zh-min-nan) — although
  • Chinese: 無過 /无过 (bû-kò) — although
  • Chinese: 不過 /不过 (zh-min-nan) — although
  • Chinese: 總是 /总是 (zh-min-nan) — although
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可是 (kěshì) — although
  • Chinese Mandarin: 但是 (dànshì) — although
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不過 /不过 (bùguò) — although
  • East Circassian: ауэ (awɛ) — although
  • West Circassian: ау (awu) — although
  • Maore Comorian: ɓadi — although
  • Mwali Comorian: walakini — although
  • Ngazidja Comorian: sha — although
  • Ngazidja Comorian: lakini — although
  • Ngazidja Comorian: amma — although
  • Czech: ale — although
  • Dalmatian: mui — although
  • Danish: men — although
  • Dutch: maar — although
  • Esperanto: sed — although
  • Estonian: kuid — although
  • Estonian: aga — although
  • Estonian: a — although
  • Faroese: men — although
  • Finnish: mutta — although
  • French: mais — although
  • French: cependant — although
  • Galician: porén — although
  • Galician: macar — although
  • Galician: maxer — although
  • Galician: magar — although
  • Galician: inanque — although
  • Galician: inda que — although
  • Galician: malia que — although
  • Georgian: მაგრამ (magram) — although
  • Georgian: თუმცა (tumca) — although
  • German: aber — although
  • German: aber trotzdem — although
  • East Central German: abr — although
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌺𐌴𐌹 (akei) — although
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌺 (ak) — although
  • Greek: μολονότι (molonóti) — although
  • Greek: παρόλο (parólo) — although
  • Greek: καίτοι (kaítoi) — although
  • Greek: αν και (an kai) — although
  • Greenlandic: -galuar — although
  • Greenlandic: -kaluar — although
  • Greenlandic: -raluar — although
  • Mbya Guarani: ha'e rã — although
  • Gujarati: પણ (paṇ) — although
  • Hawaiian: akā — although
  • Hebrew: אֲבָל (avál) — although
  • Hebrew: אוּלָם (ulám) — although
  • Hebrew: אַךְ (akh) — although
  • Hebrew: בְּרַם (b'rám) — although
  • Hindi: लेकिन (lekin) — although
  • Hindi: पर (par) — although
  • Hungarian: de — although
  • Hungarian: viszont — although
  • Icelandic: en — although
  • Ido: ma — although
  • Indonesian: kecuali — although
  • Indonesian: tetapi — although
  • Indonesian: tapi — although
  • Inuktitut: -galuaq- — although
  • Inuktitut: -kaluaq- — although
  • Inuktitut: -raluaq- — although
  • Irish: ach — although
  • Italian: ma — although
  • Italian: però — although
  • Italian: tuttavia — although
  • Japanese: が (ga) — although
  • Japanese: けれど (keredo) — although
  • Japanese: けれども (keredomo) — although
  • Japanese: けど (kedo) — although
  • Japanese: しかし (shikashi) — although
  • Japanese: でも (demo) — although
  • Kannada: ಆದರೆ (ādare) — although
  • Kazakh: бірақ (bıraq) — although
  • Khasi: hynrei — although
  • Khmer: តែ (tae) — although
  • Khmer: ប៉ុន្តែ (pontae) — although
  • Khmer: ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ (kɑɑ pontae) — although
  • Korean: 그러나 (geureona) — although
  • Korean: 하지만 (hajiman) — although
  • Korean: -지만 (-jiman) — although
  • Northern Kurdish: lê — although
  • Northern Kurdish: feqet — although
  • Northern Kurdish: bes — although
  • Northern Kurdish: lêbelê — although
  • Northern Kurdish: ema — although
  • Lao: ແຕ່ (tǣ) — although
  • Latin: sed — although
  • Latin: at — although
  • Latin: ast — although
  • Latin: tamen — although
  • Latin: autem — although
  • Latvian: bet — although
  • Latvian: taču — although
  • Ligurian: ma — although
  • Lithuanian: bet — although
  • Lithuanian: tačiau — although
  • Lithuanian: nors — although
  • Louisiana Creole: mé — although
  • Macedonian: но (no) — although
  • Macedonian: а́ма (áma) — although
  • Malay: tetapi — although
  • Malayalam: പക്ഷേ (pakṣē) — although
  • Maltese: iżda — although
  • Eastern Mari: а (a) — although
  • Marshallese: ma — although
  • Mauritian Creole: me — although
  • Central Mnong: តីស (tĭh) — although
  • Central Mnong: តីសមា (tĭh ma) — although
  • Central Mnong: ប្យាៈលាស (ɓjăʔ lăh) — although
  • Central Mnong: មពោៈ (mpŏʔ) — although
  • Mohawk: nek tsi — although
  • Mongolian: гэхдээ (gexdee) — although
  • Navajo: ndi — although
  • Car Nicobarese: höng — although
  • Car Nicobarese: lā — although
  • Car Nicobarese: vaich-tö — although
  • Norwegian Bokmål: men — although
  • Occitan: mas — although
  • Old English: ac — although
  • Old English: ah — although
  • Pacoh: kếh ma — although
  • Pacoh: ma — although
  • Pacoh: icốh ma — although
  • Pacoh: ncốh ma — although
  • Pacoh: nki ma — although
  • Pashto: لېکن (léken) — although
  • Pashto: اما (amã) — although
  • Pashto: مګر (magár) — although
  • Pashto: منګر (mangár) — although
  • Pashto: وليکن (walikén) — although
  • Pashto: ولې (wále) — although
  • Iranian Persian: گَرْچِه (garče) — although
  • Iranian Persian: وَلی (vali) — although
  • Iranian Persian: اَگَرْچِه (agarče) — although
  • Iranian Persian: لیکَن (likan) — although
  • Iranian Persian: لیکِن (liken) — although
  • Pohnpeian: ahpw — although
  • Polish: ale — although
  • Polish: chociaż — although
  • Portuguese: embora — although
  • Portuguese: mas — although
  • Rapa Nui: pero — although
  • Réunion Creole French: mé — although
  • Romani: tha' — although
  • Romanian: dar — although
  • Romanian: însă — although
  • Romansh: cumbain che — although
  • Russian: но (no) — although
  • Russian: то́лько (tólʹko) — although
  • Russian: хотя́ (xotjá) — although
  • Russian: хоть (xotʹ) — although
  • Scottish Gaelic: ach — although
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̏ли — although
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̏ма — although
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȁli — although
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȁma — although
  • Shan: သီႈတႄႉ (sīi tâ̰ae) — although
  • Shan: သီႈလၵ်း (sīi lák) — although
  • Shan: သေတႄႉ (sěe tâ̰ae) — although
  • Shan: သေလၵ်း (sěe lák) — although
  • Shan: ၵူၺ်းၵႃႈ (kói kāa) — although
  • Shan: ၵွႆးၵႃႈ (káui kāa) — although
  • Shan: ပွႆးၸိုင် (páui tsǔeng) — although
  • Shan: ပွႆးလၵ်း (páui lák) — although
  • Slovak: ale — although
  • Slovene: čepràv — although
  • Slovene: tóda — although
  • Lower Sorbian: ale — although
  • Upper Sorbian: ale — although
  • Sotho: empa — although
  • Spanish: aunque — although
  • Spanish: pero — although
  • Spanish: mas — although
  • Spanish: empero — although
  • Swahili: lakini — although
  • Swedish: men — although
  • Swedish: fast — although
  • Tagalog: baga ma't — although
  • Tagalog: bagamat — although
  • Tajik: лекин (lekin) — although
  • Tajik: аммо (ammo) — although
  • Tajik: вале (vale) — although
  • Tajik: агарчи (agarč-i) — although
  • Tajik: гарчи (garč-i) — although
  • Tamil: ஆனால் (āṉāl) — although
  • Tashelhit: macc (mish) — although
  • Thai: แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ) — although
  • Thai: แต่ว่า (dtɛ̀ɛ-wâa) — although
  • Tibetan: ཡིན་ན་ཡང (yin na yang) — although
  • Turkish: ama — although
  • Turkish: ancak — although
  • Turkish: fakat — although
  • Turkish: lakin — although
  • Ukrainian: але́ (alé) — although
  • Urdu: لیکِن (lekin) — although
  • Urdu: اَگَرْچِہ (agarci) — although
  • Uzbek: lekin — although
  • Uzbek: ammo — although
  • Vietnamese: nhưng — although
  • Vietnamese: nhưng mà — although
  • Vietnamese: mà — although
  • Volapük: ab — although
  • Welsh: er — although
  • Yiddish: אָבער (ober) — although
  • Zazaki: nara — although
  • ǃXóõ: xàbēkà — although
  • ǃXóõ: gúʻni tshòo — although
  • Afrikaans: maar — rather
  • Albanian: por — rather
  • Aleut: al — rather
  • Aleut: alix̂ — rather
  • Aleut: taĝa — rather
  • Aleut: tax̂ — rather
  • Arabic: لٰكِن (lākin) — rather
  • Arabic: وَلٰكِنْ (wa-lākin) — rather
  • Arabic: بَلْ (bal) — rather
  • Arabic: بس (bas) — rather
  • Arabic: بس (bass) — rather
  • Arabic: لكن (lākin) — rather
  • Arabic: ولكن (wa-lakin) — rather
  • Arabic: أما (ʔamma) — rather
  • Arabic: لكن (lāken) — rather
  • Arabic: بسّ (bass) — rather
  • Armenian: այլ (ayl) — rather
  • Assamese: পিচে (pise) — rather
  • Assamese: পাচে (pase) — rather
  • Assamese: কিন্তু (kintu) — rather
  • Asturian: pero — rather
  • Azerbaijani: amma — rather
  • Azerbaijani: lakin — rather
  • Azerbaijani: fəqət — rather
  • Basque: baina — rather
  • Belarusian: але́ (aljé) — rather
  • Belarusian: а (a) — rather
  • Bengali: কিন্তু (kintu) — rather
  • Breton: met — rather
  • Bulgarian: но (no) — rather
  • Bulgarian: ала́ (alá) — rather
  • Burmese: သို့ရာတွင် (sui.ra-twang) — rather
  • Burmese: သို့ပေမဲ့ (sui.pemai.) — rather
  • Catalan: mes — rather
  • Catalan: però — rather
  • Catalan: mas — rather
  • Catalan: emperò — rather
  • Chechen: а (a) — rather
  • Chechen: амма (amma) — rather
  • Chechen: меттана (mettana) — rather
  • Chechen: -ш (-š) — rather
  • Chichewa: koma — rather
  • Chinese Cantonese: 而 (ji4) — rather
  • Chinese Cantonese: 但係 /但系 (daan6 hai6) — rather
  • Chinese Cantonese: 不過 /不过 (bat1 gwo3) — rather
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可是 (kěshì) — rather
  • Chinese Mandarin: 但是 (dànshì) — rather
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不過 /不过 (bùguò) — rather
  • Chinese Mandarin: 而 (ér) — rather
  • Mwali Comorian: ɓe — rather
  • Coptic: ⲁⲗⲗⲁ (alla) — rather
  • Czech: ale — rather
  • Czech: jenže — rather
  • Dalmatian: mui — rather
  • Danish: men — rather
  • Dutch: maar — rather
  • Dutch: echter — rather
  • Esperanto: sed — rather
  • Esperanto: tamen — rather
  • Estonian: ent — rather
  • Faroese: men — rather
  • Finnish: mutta — rather
  • Finnish: vaan — rather
  • French: mais — rather
  • West-Frisian: mar — rather
  • Galician: mais — rather
  • Galician: pero — rather
  • Georgian: არამედ (aramed) — rather
  • German: sondern — rather
  • German: aber — rather
  • Greek: αλλά (allá) — rather
  • Greek: μα (ma) — rather
  • Ancient Greek: ἀλλά (allá) — rather
  • Ancient Greek: δέ (dé) — rather
  • Pontic Greek: άμα (áma) — rather
  • Pontic Greek: νέμα (néma) — rather
  • Pontic Greek: κι̮άρ’ (ki̮ár’) — rather
  • Greenlandic: kisianni — rather
  • Greenlandic: -li — rather
  • Hawaiian: akā — rather
  • Hebrew: אֶלָּא (élla) — rather
  • Hindi: लेकिन (lekin) — rather
  • Hindi: मगर (magar) — rather
  • Hindi: परंतु (parantu) — rather
  • Hungarian: de — rather
  • Hungarian: viszont — rather
  • Hungarian: hanem — rather
  • Hungarian: azonban — rather
  • Icelandic: heldur — rather
  • Ido: ma — rather
  • Indonesian: namun — rather
  • Indonesian: tetapi — rather
  • Inuktitut: kisiani — rather
  • Inuktitut: -li — rather
  • Inupiaq: aglaan — rather
  • Inupiaq: -li — rather
  • Irish: ach — rather
  • Italian: ma — rather
  • Italian: però — rather
  • Italian: tuttavia — rather
  • Japanese: ではなく (de wa naku) — rather
  • Japanese: じゃなく (ja naku) — rather
  • Kaingang: hã ra — rather
  • Kapampangan: nune — rather
  • Kazakh: бірақ (bıraq) — rather
  • Khmer: ដែរ (dae) — rather
  • Korean: 그러나 (geureona) — rather
  • Central Kurdish: بەڵام (bellam) — rather
  • Northern Kurdish: lê — rather
  • Kyrgyz: бирок (birok) — rather
  • Lao: ແຕ່ (tǣ) — rather
  • Latgalian: a — rather
  • Latin: sed — rather
  • Latvian: bet — rather
  • Latvian: taču — rather
  • Lithuanian: bet — rather
  • Lithuanian: tačiau — rather
  • Lithuanian: nors — rather
  • Macedonian: но (no) — rather
  • Macedonian: туку (tuku) — rather
  • Malay: tetapi — rather
  • Maltese: iżda — rather
  • Maltese: imma — rather
  • Mongolian: харин (xarin) — rather
  • Mongolian: биш, харин (biš, xarin) — rather
  • Navajo: ndi — rather
  • Norwegian Bokmål: men — rather
  • Occitan: mas — rather
  • Church Slavic: нъ (nŭ) — rather
  • Old East Slavic: нъ (nŭ) — rather
  • Old East Slavic: але (ale) — rather
  • Old English: ac — rather
  • Old English: ah — rather
  • Iranian Persian: امَّا — rather
  • Iranian Persian: با این حال (bâ in hâl) — rather
  • Iranian Persian: وَلی (vali) — rather
  • Iranian Persian: مَگَر (magar) — rather
  • Iranian Persian: لیکَن (likan) — rather
  • Iranian Persian: لیکِن (liken) — rather
  • Polish: ale — rather
  • Portuguese: mas — rather
  • Portuguese: porém — rather
  • Rapa Nui: pero — rather
  • Romanian: ci — rather
  • Romansh: ma — rather
  • Romansh: però — rather
  • Russian: а (a) — rather
  • Russian: но (no) — rather
  • Sanskrit: तु (tu) — rather
  • Serbo-Croatian: него — rather
  • Serbo-Croatian: већ — rather
  • Serbo-Croatian: nego — rather
  • Serbo-Croatian: već — rather
  • Slovak: ale — rather
  • Slovene: a — rather
  • Slovene: àmpak — rather
  • Spanish: sino — rather
  • Swahili: bali — rather
  • Swahili: lakini — rather
  • Swahili: walakini — rather
  • Swedish: utan — rather
  • Tagalog: kundi — rather
  • Tajik: аммо (ammo) — rather
  • Tajik: вале (vale) — rather
  • Tajik: лекин (lekin) — rather
  • Talysh: ولی (vali) — rather
  • Tatar: ә (ä) — rather
  • Tatar: әмма (ämma) — rather
  • Thai: แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ) — rather
  • Tibetan: ཡིན་ན་ཡང (yin na yang) — rather
  • Turkish: ama — rather
  • Turkish: fakat — rather
  • Turkmen: emma — rather
  • Ukrainian: але́ (alé) — rather
  • Ukrainian: а (a) — rather
  • Urdu: لیکِن (lekin) — rather
  • Urdu: مَگَر (magar) — rather
  • Uzbek: ammo — rather
  • Uzbek: lekin — rather
  • Uzbek: biroq — rather
  • Vietnamese: nhưng — rather
  • Welsh: heblaw am — rather
  • Welsh: ond — rather
  • Yiddish: אָבער (ober) — rather
  • Yup'ik: taugaam — rather
  • Zazaki: labelê (diq) — rather
  • Zazaki: nara — rather
  • Zulu: kodwa — rather
  • Afrikaans: behalwe — except
  • Arabic: إِلَّا (ʔillā) — except
  • Arabic: سِوًى (siwan) — except
  • Arabic: إلا (illa) — except
  • Arabic: مَا عَدَا (mā ʕadā) — except
  • Armenian: բացի (bacʻi) — except
  • Azerbaijani: çıxmaqla — except
  • Azerbaijani: başqa — except
  • Azerbaijani: savayı — except
  • Basque: izan ezik — except
  • Basque: salbu — except
  • Belarusian: акрамя́ (akramjá) — except
  • Catalan: llevat de — except
  • Catalan: tret de — except
  • Catalan: excepte — except
  • Chechen: бен (ben) — except
  • Chechen: -оцург (-ocurg) — except
  • Chinese Cantonese: 除咗......以外 (ceoi4 zo2 ... ji5 ngoi6) — except
  • Chinese: 為着 (ūi-tio̍h) — except
  • Chinese: 除了......以外 (tî-liáu ... í-gōa / tû-liáu ... í-gōa) — except
  • Chinese Mandarin: 除了......以外 (chúle ... yǐwài) — except
  • Czech: kromě — except
  • Czech: vyjma — except
  • Danish: undtagen — except
  • Danish: uden — except
  • Dutch: behalve — except
  • Esperanto: krom — except
  • Esperanto: escepte de — except
  • Estonian: peale — except
  • Faroese: uttan — except
  • Finnish: paitsi — except
  • French: sauf — except
  • French: en dehors de — except
  • French: excepté — except
  • French: à part — except
  • French: mais pas — except
  • French: mis à part — except
  • West-Frisian: mar — except
  • Galician: agás — except
  • Galician: eigo — except
  • Georgian: გარდა (garda) — except
  • Georgian: გარეშე (gareše) — except
  • German: außer — except
  • German: aber nicht — except
  • German: als — except
  • Greek: εκτός (ektós) — except
  • Greek: πλην (plin) — except
  • Greek: με εξαίρεση (me exaíresi) — except
  • Greek: αλλά (allá) — except
  • Greenlandic: -li — except
  • Hebrew: אֶלָּא (élla) — except
  • Hungarian: csak — except
  • Indonesian: tetapi — except
  • Indonesian: tapi — except
  • Irish: ach — except
  • Italian: eccetto — except
  • Italian: salvo — except
  • Italian: a parte — except
  • Italian: tranne — except
  • Japanese: 以外 (igai) — except
  • Khmer: ចៀសតែ (ciəh tae) — except
  • Korean: -외에 (-oee) — except
  • Central Kurdish: بەڵام (bellam) — except
  • Central Kurdish: جگھ (cigh) — except
  • Northern Kurdish: lê — except
  • Northern Kurdish: ema — except
  • Northern Kurdish: feqet — except
  • Northern Kurdish: meger — except
  • Macedonian: освен (osven) — except
  • Malay: kecuali — except
  • Maltese: minbarra — except
  • Maltese: mingħajr — except
  • Eastern Mari: а (a) — except
  • Norwegian Bokmål: enn — except
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bortsett fra — except
  • Norwegian Bokmål: unntatt — except
  • Norwegian Bokmål: foruten — except
  • Occitan: levat — except
  • Occitan: exceptat — except
  • Occitan: fòra — except
  • Occitan: franc — except
  • Occitan: manca — except
  • Old English: būtan — except
  • Iranian Persian: بِجُز (bejoz) — except
  • Iranian Persian: مَگَر (magar) — except
  • Polish: oprócz — except
  • Polish: z wyjątkiem — except
  • Portuguese: exceto — except
  • Portuguese: salvo — except
  • Romanian: decât — except
  • Romanian: în afară de — except
  • Russian: кро́ме (króme) — except
  • Russian: лишь (lišʹ) — except
  • Scottish Gaelic: ach — except
  • Serbo-Croatian: сем — except
  • Serbo-Croatian: осим — except
  • Serbo-Croatian: sem — except
  • Serbo-Croatian: osim — except
  • Slovak: okrem — except
  • Slovak: len — except
  • Slovene: rázen — except
  • Sotho: ha e se — except
  • Spanish: excepto — except
  • Spanish: salvo — except
  • Spanish: sino — except
  • Spanish: mas — except
  • Swedish: förutom — except
  • Swedish: utom — except
  • Tagalog: maliban — except
  • Turkish: hariç — except
  • Turkish: başka — except
  • Ukrainian: крім (krim) — except
  • Welsh: ac eithrio — except
  • Zazaki: la (diq) — except
  • Zazaki: nara — except
  • Azerbaijani: ancaq — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Azerbaijani: təkcə — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Chechen: бен (ben) — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 只 (zhǐ) — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • French: que — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • French: seulement — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • French: ne...que — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Galician: somente — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Galician: namais — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Galician: xiquera — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • German: nur — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Hungarian: csak — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Hungarian: csupán — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Hungarian: mindössze — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Hungarian: pusztán — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Italian: che — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Japanese: だけ (dake) — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Japanese: しか (shika) — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Lithuanian: tik — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Lithuanian: vos — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Old English: būtan — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Romanian: doar — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Romanian: numai — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Russian: то́лько (tólʹko) — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Russian: лишь (lišʹ) — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Slovak: len — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Spanish: sólo — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Spanish: solamente — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Urdu: بس (bas) — solely, only, merely (obsolete)
  • Zazaki: teyna — solely, only, merely (obsolete)