but (en)

Anglice

Appellatio

• (Americane)

/bət/ sine accentu

/bʌt/ cum accentu

Notatio

= Anglica Media: bote ‘sine, absque, sed’

= Anglica Antiqua: bútan ‘sine’

Praepositio

but

1. † Sine; nisi per.

   Touch not a cat but a glove.

2. Praeter.

   New Year’s Eve, 1999, a quarter to midnight and where else to be but Century Park!

Adverbium

but

1. Tantum, solum.

   If they kill us, we shall but die.

Coniunctio

but

1. sed ||

   He seems nice, but his ears are crooked.