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-ane en · X

Pronunciation

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  • /eɪn/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. English -ane From Latin -ānus, which forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of "belonging to" or "origin from". Doublet of English -an.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, morpheme) Variant of -an, usually with differentiation (germane, humane, urbane), but sometimes alone (mundane).
    alt of -an
  2. (morpheme) A saturated hydrocarbon; an alkane.
  3. (morpheme) A simple binary compound of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid.

Deriveds

chlorane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · nonane (alkanes) · phosphane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · alumane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · sulfane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · iodane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · astatane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · tellurane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · stibane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · alane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · polane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · tellane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · hexane (alkanes) · fluorane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · arsane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · butane (alkanes) · pentane (alkanes) · oxidane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · silane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · heptane (alkanes) · indigane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · thallane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · selane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · azane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · decane (alkanes) · stannane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · bromane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · germane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · methane (alkanes) · octane (alkanes) · bismuthane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · plumbane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · propane (alkanes) · ethane (alkanes) · gallane (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid)

Relateds

-yne · -ene

Translations (17)

hu -án (compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid) · id -ana (alkanes) · hi -इन्य (alkanes) · ms -ana (alkanes) · sv -an (alkanes) · ca -à (alkanes) · cmn 烷 (alkanes) · hu -án (alkanes) · it -ano (alkanes) · fr -ane (alkanes) · nl -aan (alkanes) · no -an (alkanes) · fi -aani (alkanes) · de -an (alkanes) · pt -ano (alkanes) · ru -а́н (alkanes) · es -ano (alkanes)