-ane

-ane

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ane"

English

Etymology

From Latin -ānus, which forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of "belonging to" or "origin from". Doublet of English -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪn/

Suffix

-ane

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

Derived terms

alkanes

• butane
• decane
• ethane
• heptane
• hexane
• methane
• nonane
• octane
• pentane
• propane

 

compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid

• 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

 

Translations

alkanes

Catalan: -à (ca) m Finnish: -aani (fi) French: -ane (fr) m German: -an (de) Hindi: -इन्य (-inya) Hungarian: -án Italian: -ano (it) m Malay: -ana (ms) Norwegian: -an (no) Portuguese: -ano (pt) m Russian: -а́н (ru) m (-án) Spanish: -ano (es) m Swedish: -an (sv) c

compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid

Hungarian: -án

See also

• -ene
• -yne

References

1. "-ane" in The concise Oxford dictionary of current English, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1919.

Anagrams

• -ean, EAN, NAE, NEA, e.An., ean

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French

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-ane m

1. (chemistry) -ane

Derived terms

• albane

French terms suffixed with -ane

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Latin

Suffix

-āne

1. vocative masculine singular of -ānus

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Manx

Alternative forms

• -an

Etymology

From Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni).

Suffix

-ane m

1. A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns in Manx.

   ‎mair (“finger”) + ‎-ane → ‎mairane (“thimble”)

   ‎mooar (“big”) + ‎-ane → ‎mooarane (“a large amount, many, much”)

   ‎shirgey (“mummification”) + ‎-ane → ‎shirgane (“mummy”)

   ‎tonn (“wave”) + ‎-ane → ‎tonnane (“ripple, wavelet”)

Derived terms

Manx terms suffixed with -ane

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (Landsmål) -arne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːnə/

Suffix

-ane m or f

1. Used to form regular definite plurals of most masculine nouns.

   Ein båt, alle båtane.

   A boat; all the boats.

2. Used to form regular definite plurals of some feminine nouns.

   Ei dronning, alle dronningane.

   A queen; all the queens.

See also

• -ar
• -en

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Swazi

Etymology

A variant of -ana.

Suffix

-ane

1. Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.
2. Adjective diminutive suffix, creates an adjective meaning "somewhat", "rather".

Derived terms

Swazi terms suffixed with -ane

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Zulu

Suffix

-ane

1. Alternative form of -ana.