adv · conj · name · noun · prep · verb · 22 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈbʌt/stressed form
[bʌ̈t]stressed form
bŭtstressed form
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Ireland, Northern-England:/ˈbʊt/without the foot-strut split
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