(a) (in indicating contrast) but

(b) (in reinforcing) just, absolutely; ~ c'est pas vrai it's not possible!, it just can't be true!; ~ non! absolutely not!, no!, ever! (Infml); (in expressing surprise) "~ non!" "you're joking!", "you're kidding!"; ~ oui of course; ~ rien absolutely nothing; "non ~..." "but look..."

(a) (literary) n'en pouvoir ~ to be powerless, have one's hands tied, be able to do no more

(a) objection, problem (less common in singular), quibble (Infml); (in plural) buts, qualms, quibbles (Infml); "je ne veux pas de ~!" "no buts!"; il y a un ~ there's a snag, there's a but coming; des si et des ~ ifs and buts

(a) (Cookery etc) corn, maize; ~ bleu blue corn;

(b) (Cookery) sweetcorn; ~ en épi corn on the cob