but

Meaning

Noun

1. aim
2. goal (result one is attempting to achieve)
3. goal (in the place, act, or point sense)

Verb

third-person singular past historic of boire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/by/

Etymology

From Middle French but (“mark, goal”), from Old French but (“aim, goal, end, target”), from Old French butte (“mound, knoll, target”), from Frankish *but (“stump, log”), or from Old Norse bútr (“log, stump, butt”); both from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat, push”).
Cognate with Old English butt (“tree stump”); see butt. The semantic development from "mound" to "target" is likely from martial training practice. The final /t/ is from the old pausal and liaison pronunciation; its (partial) restoration as the basic form may have been reinforced by related butte.

Sentences

Il marque son premier but le face aux Stars de Dallas .

He scored his first goal against the Dallas Stars.

Lors du tournoi organisé en Argentine , il inscrit un but contre le Paraguay .

At the tournament in Argentina, he scored a goal against Paraguay.

Dans les mineures , Vargas évolue comme joueur de deuxième but et d'arrêt-court.

In the minors, Vargas plays as a second baseman and shortstop.

Le principal but des yāoguài est l'immortalité et donc la déification .

The main goal of yāoguài is immortality and therefore deification.

Le but , on le comprend , est d’éviter la double imputation de dépenses éligibles .

The goal, it is understood, is to avoid the double charging of eligible expenses.

Trente-sept internationaux français comptent au moins un but marqué sur penalty en sélection .

Thirty-seven French internationals have at least one goal scored on penalty in the selection.

Il inscrira aussi un but contre Amiens , Perpignan et Alès .

He also scored a goal against Amiens, Perpignan and Alès.