alkane

See also: Alkane

English

Etymology

alkyl +‎ -ane.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.keɪn/

Noun

alkane (plural alkanes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a group of saturated hydrocarbons including methane, ethane and compounds with long carbon chain known as paraffins etc., having a chemical formula of the form C_nH_2n+2.

Hypernyms

• hydrocarbon

Hyponyms

• methane
• ethane
• propane
• butane
• pentane
• hexane
• heptane

• octane
• nonane
• decane
• undecane
• dodecane
• hexadecane
• tetracosane

Derived terms

• chlorofluoroalkane
• cycloalkane
• hydrofluoroalkane

Related terms

• -ane
• alkene
• alkyne

Translations

saturated hydrocarbon of formula C_nH_2n+2

• Catalan: alcà m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 烷 (jyun⁴, jyun^4-2)

  Mandarin: 烷 (zh) (wán)

• Czech: alkan m
• Danish: alkan c
• Dutch: alkaan (nl) n
• Esperanto: alkano
• Finnish: alkaani (fi)
• French: alcane (fr) m
• German: Alkan (de) n
• Greek: αλκάνιο n (alkánio)
• Hindi: सुषान्य (suṣānya)
• Irish: alcán m
• Italian: alcano (it) m

• Japanese: アルカン (ja) (arukan), メタン系炭化水素 (メタンけいたんかすいそ, metan-kei tanka suiso)
• Korean: 알칸 (alkan), 알케인 (alkein)
• Malay: alkana
• Maori: waiwaro-tahi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: alkan (no) n

  Nynorsk: alkan n

• Polish: alkan (pl) m
• Portuguese: alcano (pt)
• Romanian: alcan (ro) m
• Russian: алка́н (ru) m (alkán)
• Spanish: alcano
• Swedish: alkan (sv) c
• Turkish: alkan (tr)

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Finnish

Verb

alkane

1. Potential present connegative form of alkaa.

Anagrams

• alkaen, kelaan, kelana, lakena, lankea, lekana