metāns
See also: metans
Latvian
Etymology
Borrowed from other European languages, probably (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French méthane or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Methan, words, in turn, coined in the late 1860s on the basis of méthyle or Methyl (with the final yl removed because of its wrong identification with a formative suffix) and the suffix -an, invented and proposed in 1866 by German Chemist August Wilhelm van Hoffmann to indicate a chain of carbon atoms with no double bonds.
Pronunciation
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Noun
metāns m (1st declension)
- (organic chemistry) methane (CH4, the simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon)
- metānu lieto kā daudzu vielu rūpniecisko izejvielu ― methane is used as an industrial raw material for many substances
- metāns ir gāze bez krāsas un bez smaržas, gandrīz 2 reizes vieglāka par gaisu, maz šķist ūdenī ― methane is a colorless, odorless gas, almost twice lighter than air, little soluble in water
Declension
Declension of metāns (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | metāns | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | metānu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | metāna | — |
| dative (datīvs) | metānam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | metānu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | metānā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | metān | — |