propane

English

Etymology

prop- (from propionic acid) + -ane

Pronunciation

• enPR: prō'pān' IPA: /ˈproʊpeɪn/

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Noun

propane (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₃H₈, a constituent of natural gas.

Synonyms

• E944 when used as a propellant

Derived terms

• cyclopropane
• propanelike

Translations

aliphatic hydrocarbon: C₃H₈

• Arabic: بروبان (ar) (brubān) m
• Azeri: propan (az)
• Belarusian: прапан (be) (prapán) m
• Bulgarian: пропан (bg) (propán) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丙烷 (cmn) (bǐngwán)

• Czech: propan (cs) m
• Dutch: propaan (nl) n
• Esperanto: propano (eo)
• Finnish: propaani (fi)
• German: Propan (de) n
• Icelandic: própan (is) n
• Italian: propano (it) m

• Japanese: プロパン (ja) (puropan)
• Kazakh: пропан (kk) (propan)
• Navajo: níłchʼi łikoní
• Norwegian: propan (no) n
• Polish: propan (pl) m
• Russian: пропан (ru) (propán) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: про̀па̄н (sh) m

  Roman: pròpān (sh) m

• Spanish: propano (es) m
• Swedish: propan (sv) n
• Turkish: propan (tr)
• Ukrainian: пропан (uk) (propán) m

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