furan

See also: furán

English

Etymology

furfural +‎ -an

Noun

furan (plural furans)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C₄H₄O.

Derived terms

• furofuran
• furanose
• tetrahydrofuran

Translations

any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds

• Catalan: furan m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 呋喃 (fu¹ naam⁴)

  Mandarin: 呋喃 (zh) (fūnán)

• Finnish: furaani
• French: furane (fr) m
• German: Furan (de) n
• Greek: φουράνιο (el) (fouránio) (fouranio)
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• Hungarian: furán
• Italian: furano (it) m
• Japanese: フラン (furan)
• Korean: 퓨란 (pyuran)
• Polish: furan (pl) m
• Portuguese: furano m
• Spanish: furano m

See also

• pyran

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Icelandic

Noun

1. definite nominative singular of fura

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Japanese

Romanization

furan

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふらん
2. Rōmaji transcription of フラン

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ran/

Noun

furan m inan

1. furan, C₄H₄O
2. any derivative of furan

Declension

Declension of furan

	singular	plural
nominative	furan	furany
genitive	furanu	furanów
dative	furanowi	furanom
accusative	furan	furany
instrumental	furanem	furanami
locative	furanie	furanach
vocative	furanie	furany

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Rohingya

Alternative forms

• 𐴉𐴟𐴌𐴝𐴕 (furan), فُرَن

Etymology

From Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇa).

Adjective

furan

1. old

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Swedish

Noun

furan

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of fura