hexane

See also: Hexane

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs

Proto-Hellenic *hwéks

Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx)

Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der.

Latin hexa-der.

English hexa-

English hex-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānusder.

English -ane

English hexane

From hex- + -ane.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hĕks'ān, IPA^(key): /ˈhɛkseɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkseɪn

Noun

hexane (countable and uncountable, plural hexanes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of five isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons, C₆H₁₄. They are colorless, volatile liquids.

Derived terms

• cyclohexane
• esaprazole
• hexafluronium
• hexanal
• hexanediamide
• hexanediol
• hexanoic
• hexyl
• isohexane
• methylcyclohexanone
• n-hexane

Translations

aliphatic hydrocarbon: C₆H₁₄

• Armenian: հեքսան (hekʻsan)
• Azerbaijani: heksan
• Catalan: hexà m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 己烷 (jǐwán)

• Czech: hexan (cs) m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: hexaan (nl) n
• Esperanto: heksano
• Finnish: heksaani (fi)
• French: hexane (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Hexan (de) n
• Hungarian: hexán (hu)
• Indonesian: heksana (id)
• Irish: heacsán m
• Italian: esano (it) m
• Japanese: ヘキサン (ja) (hekisan)
• Kazakh: гексан (geksan)
• Korean: 헥세인 (heksein), 헥산 (heksan)
• Malay: heksana (ms)
• Māori: owaro
• Norwegian: heksan n
• Polish: heksan (pl) m
• Portuguese: hexano m
• Romanian: hexan (ro) m
• Russian: гекса́н (ru) m (geksán)
• Spanish: hexano (es) m
• Swedish: hexan (sv) n
• Turkish: hegzan, hekzan
• Volapük: häxan (vo)

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zan/

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Noun

hexane m (plural hexanes)

1. (organic chemistry) hexane

Further reading

• “hexane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012