-ane

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See also ane, Ane, âne, anë, and ʻAne

Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Suffix
  - 1.1.1 Derived terms
  - 1.1.2 Translations
- 1.2 See also
2 Manx
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Suffix
  - 2.2.1 Synonyms

English [edit]

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-ane

Suffix [edit]

-ane

(organic chemistry) A saturated hydrocarbon; an alkane.
(chemistry) A simple binary compound of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid.

Derived terms [edit]

alkanes

compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid

Translations [edit]

alkanes

Catalan: -à (ca) m
Finnish: -aani (fi)
German: -an (de)

Hindi: -इन्य (hi) (-inya)
Italian: -ano (it) m
Malay: -ana (ms)
Norwegian: -an (no)
Spanish: -ano (es) m

compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid

See also [edit]

-ene
-yne

Manx [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Irish -án.

Suffix [edit]

-ane m

A suffix used to derives instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns in Manx.

mair ("finger") > mairane ("thimble")

mooar ("big") > mooarane ("a large amount, many, much")

shirgey ("mummification") > shirgane ("mummy")

tonn ("wave") > tonnane ("ripple, wavelet")

Synonyms [edit]

-an

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