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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
but /bʌt/ , /bət/
- adverb (only, just) if I had ~ known si seulement j'avais su;
these are ~ two of the possibilities ce ne sont que deux possibilités;
I can ~ try je peux toujours essayer;
one can't help ~ admire her on ne peut pas s'empêcher de l'admirer.
- preposition anything ~ that tout, sauf ça;
anybody ~ him n'importe qui sauf lui;
anywhere ~ Australia n'importe où sauf en Australie;
everybody ~ Paul tout le monde sauf Paul;
nobody ~ me knows how to do it il n'y a que moi qui sache le faire;
he's nothing ~ a coward ce n'est qu'un lâche;
to do nothing ~ disturb people ne rien faire d'autre que déranger les gens;
there's nothing for it ~ to leave il n'y a plus qu'une solution, c'est de partir;
where ~ in France? où sinon en France?;
and whom should I meet ~ Steven! et devine qui j'ai rencontré, Steven!;
the last ~ one l'avant-dernier;
the next road ~ one la deuxième rue.
- but for prep phr ~ for you, I would have died sans toi je serais mort;
he would have gone ~ for me si je n'avais pas été là il serait parti.
- conjunction
- (expressing contrast, contradiction) mais;
it's not an asset ~ a disadvantage ce n'est pas un atout mais un désavantage;
I'll do it, ~ not yet je le ferai, mais pas tout de suite;
- (yet) mais;
cheap ~ nourishing bon marché mais nourrissant;
- (expressing reluctance, protest, surprise) ~ that's wonderful! mais c'est formidable!;
~ we can't afford it! mais c'est trop cher pour nous!;
- (except that) never a day passes ~ she visits him elle ne laisse pas passer un jour sans aller le voir;
- (in apologies) mais;
excuse me, ~ excusez-moi, mais;
- (for emphasis) not twice, ~ three times pas deux mais trois fois;
- (adding to the discussion) ~ to continue‥ mais, pour continuer‥;
~ first mais tout d'abord.
- (expressing contrast, contradiction) mais;
IDIOMS:
no ~s (about it) il n'y a pas de ‘mais’ qui tienne, pas de discussion.
'but' found in these Oxford entries:
English:
aim
- aimless
- all
- although
- anybody
- anything
- anyway
- anywhere
- back
- bad
- bone
- by
- choice
- close
- correct
- decide
- decider
- direct
- else
- end
- equalizer
- express
- find
- firmly
- for
- further
- get
- goal
- goal
- goalpost
- grace
- granted
- he
- head
- help
- hers
- his
- I
- idea
- if
- instead
- its
- keeper
- kick
- kitchen sink
- know
- last
- least
- leave
French:
abandonner
- abuser
- Académie française
- agir
- air
- alors
- approcher
- arranger
- arrêter
- arrivé
- arriver
- arrondissement
- assigner
- association
- atteindre
- au-delà
- autant
- autrement
- avant
- avant-dernier
- beau
- bien
- bout
- ça
- caravane
- cela
- celui-ci
- certes
- chair
- chercher
- circuler
- combien
- comment
- comprendre
- condition
- connaître
- consultation
- contraindre
- contrepartie
- côté
- crapaud
- cure
- dans
- davantage
- défendre
- détente
- dire
- dix
- domicilié
- donner
but: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||
| but | conj | (yet) | mais conj |
| I may be old, but I can still ride a bike. | |||
| Je suis peut-être vieux, mais je peux toujours faire du vélo. | |||
| but | conj | (except) | hormis prép |
| à part prép | |||
| They couldn't do anything but stand there and stare. | |||
| Ils ne pouvaient rien faire hormis rester là et observer. | |||
| Ils ne pouvaient rien faire à part rester là à observer. | |||
| but | prep | (except for) | à part prép |
| excepté adj | |||
| Nobody did anything but me. | |||
| À part moi, personne ne faisait rien. | |||
| Moi excepté, personne ne faisait rien. | |||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||
| but | adv | (only) | ne que loc |
| seulement adv | |||
| She is but a child. | |||
| Ce n'est qu'une enfant. | |||
| C'est seulement une enfant. | |||
| but, but for | adv | (were it not) | sans prép |
| We would never have won but for your help. | |||
| Nous n'aurions jamais gagné sans votre aide. | |||
| but | conj | (on the contrary) | mais conj |
| I asked not for a salad but for soup. | |||
| Je n'ai pas demandé de la salade mais de la soupe. | |||
| but | conj | (if not) | ne ... que conj |
| He's nothing but trouble, that boy. | |||
| Ce garçon n'apporte que des ennuis. | |||
| but | conj | (unless) | traduction non disponible |
| That boy is nothing but trouble. | |||
| but | conj | (rather) | mais conj |
| He's not a violinist but a cellist. | |||
| Il n'est pas violoniste mais violoncelliste. | |||
| but | conj | (otherwise than) | que conj |
| I cannot but agree with what you say. | |||
| Je ne peux qu'être d'accord avec ce que tu dis. | |||
| but | conj | (doubt that) | que conj |
| There is no doubt but he is the best person on the team. | |||
| Il ne fait pas de doute qu'il est le meilleur de l'équipe. | |||
| but | conj | (used as intensifier) | mais vraiment conj |
| There was nothing good on TV, but nothing! | |||
| Il n'y avait rien d'intéressant à la télé, mais vraiment rien ! | |||
| but | n | (objection) familier | mais nm |
| You're going to bed now, and I don't want to hear any buts! | |||
| Tu vas au lit maintenant, et il n'y a pas de mais ! | |||
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but: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||
| all but | prep | (everyone except) | tous sauf adv |
| tout le monde sauf | |||
| Le patron a gardé tout le monde sauf les contrats précaires. | |||
| all but | adv | (almost completely) | quasiment adv |
| You've all but polished off that cake. | |||
| Quand nous sommes arrivés, le match était quasiment fini. | |||
| pratiquement adv | |||
| Quand nous sommes arrivés, le match était pratiquement fini. | |||
| and nothing but the truth | et rien que la vérité phrase | ||
| anything but | prep | (not at all, totally not) | tout sauf prép |
| I'll do anything but wash windows. | |||
| Nous sommes tout sauf satisfaits de l'issue des négociations. | |||
| but never mind | mais bon | ||
| but now | mais maintenant | ||
| but then | mais alors | ||
| but what can you do | expr | informal (expressing resignation) | mais que veux-tu ? |
| The workers may object, but what can you do; the project has to be done on time. | |||
| J'ai essayé de le réanimer, mais que veux-tu ? c'était déjà trop tard... | |||
| Il n'y a rien à faire | |||
| Tu auras beau crier à l'injustice, il n'y a rien à faire, tu ne sortiras pas ce soir, ma petite ! | |||
| cannot help but | (can only) | ne pas pouvoir s'empêcher de loc v | |
| I cannot help but smile when I think of the delicious meal you fixed for us. | |||
| I couldn't help but notice the enourmous coffee stain on the front of her white blouse. | |||
| Ma mère n'a pas pu s'empêcher de tout critiquer. | |||
| have no option but | ne pas avoir de choix que | ||
| nothing but | adv | (only) | ne ... que |
| I have nothing but admiration for people who can speak several languages. | |||
| On ne peut qu'admirer leur réussite. Je ne suis qu'un simple visiteur. | |||
| rien que loc | |||
| Jurez-vous de dire la vérité, toute la vérité, rien que la vérité ? | |||
| nothing else but | prep | (only, solely) | rien que loc |
| Nothing else but violin is needed to complete this orchestration. | |||
| Jurez-vous de dire la vérité, toute la vérité, rien que la vérité ? Levez la main droite et dites « je le jure ». | |||
| ne … que loc | |||
| Il n'y a que le premier pas qui coûte. | |||
| seul adj | |||
| Seul l'amour pourra lui redonner envie de vivre. | |||
| seulement adv | |||
| C'est seulement sa rage de vaincre qui lui a permis de terrasser son adversaire. | |||
| uniquement adv | |||
| slow but steady | adj | (progress: gradual but regular) | lentement mais sûrement adv |
| proverbe | qui veut voyager loin ménage sa monture expr | ||
| that's all very well, but | informal (nevertheless, even so) | tout cela est très intéressant, mais | |
| That's all very well, but it still doesn't explain why you didn't finish the work. | |||
| Tout cela est très intéressant, mais je n'ai toujours pas trouvé de solution à mon problème. | |||
| courant | d'accord mais | ||
| D'accord, mais que ferons-nous s'il change d'avis ? | |||
| soit adv | |||
| Soit. Cependant, j'aurais encore une dernière question. | |||
| that's all well and good, but | informal (nevertheless, even so) fam | c'est bien beau tout ça, mais | |
| That's all well and good, and I enjoy talking to your granny, but isn't it about time we left for the movies ? | |||
| C'est bien beau tout ça, mais ça ne me dit pas qui va venir me chercher à la gare. | |||
| fam | c'est pas tout ça, mais | ||
| C'est pas tout ça, mais comment je rentre chez moi s'il y a la grève des métros ? | |||
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "but".
... but so can a failure ..
... but too little to where I was require to motivate myself
...but he knew better than to trust them
...but those are not real disadvantages
...but why was this so?
...expensive, but worth it
...not by King George, but by German soldiers
..a pour but...
..but there are a few of very old school buildings..
'But, if that doesn't work out'
'Oh, but it is!'
'Routard'- colloquial but not condescending
“A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end . . . but not necessarily in that order”
"But mother," answered Robert.
"but patrimonial"
"but what of..."
"But you can't have everything!"
"he all but attacks"
"He does nothing but criticize everything around him."
"I can't help but to..."
"I have nobody but myself"
"toy" or "plaything" but in reference to a woman
"tried to pm it but the body is not showing the jumpy line"
à but technique
a coffe, black, but on the weak side
A fresh bite, but certainly not too bitter
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother
a good heart but a poor one in health
A hairy man's a geary man, but a hairy wife's a witch.
a light but icy and invasive rain swirling down from the thickening clouds
Suite...
... but too little to where I was require to motivate myself
...but he knew better than to trust them
...but those are not real disadvantages
...but why was this so?
...expensive, but worth it
...not by King George, but by German soldiers
..a pour but...
..but there are a few of very old school buildings..
'But, if that doesn't work out'
'Oh, but it is!'
'Routard'- colloquial but not condescending
“A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end . . . but not necessarily in that order”
"But mother," answered Robert.
"but patrimonial"
"but what of..."
"But you can't have everything!"
"he all but attacks"
"He does nothing but criticize everything around him."
"I can't help but to..."
"I have nobody but myself"
"toy" or "plaything" but in reference to a woman
"tried to pm it but the body is not showing the jumpy line"
à but technique
a coffe, black, but on the weak side
A fresh bite, but certainly not too bitter
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother
a good heart but a poor one in health
A hairy man's a geary man, but a hairy wife's a witch.
a light but icy and invasive rain swirling down from the thickening clouds
Suite...
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