English Explanatory Dictionary

-ane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Variant of -an, usually with differentiation (germane, humane, urbane), but sometimes alone (mundane).
  2. A saturated hydrocarbon; an alkane.
  3. A simple binary compound of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

-ane

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. English -ane From Latin -ānus, which forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of "belonging to" or "origin from". Doublet of English -an.

Related words

-ene -yne

Derived words

butane decane ethane heptane hexane methane nonane octane pentane propane alane alumane arsane astatane azane bismuthane bromane chlorane fluorane gallane germane indigane iodane oxidane phosphane plumbane polane selane silane stannane stibane sulfane tellane tellurane thallane
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