etan

etan

1. inessive singular of eta

• ethan

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛtan]

etan m

1. (organic chemistry) ethane (C₂H₆)

• metan
• propan
• butan
• pentan
• hexan
• heptan
• oktan
• nonan
• dekan
• undekan
• dodekan

• etan in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• etan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

etan

1. accusative singular of eta

etan n

1. (organic chemistry) ethane

• etanól
• eten

etan n (definite singular etanet) (uncountable)

1. ethane (aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆)

etan n (definite singular etanet) (uncountable)

1. ethane (as above)

Cognates include Yoruba ìtàn.

• IPA^(key): /è.tã̀/

ètàn (plural ètànzhì)

1. history
2. tradition
3. lineage ; genealogy

From e- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ tán (“to pain”).

• IPA^(key): /e.tã́/

etán (plural etánzhì)

1. pain

From Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

etan

1. to eat

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: ēten
  • Dutch: eten
    • Afrikaans: eet
  • Limburgish: aete

• “etan (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• eotan, eata

From Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.tɑn/

etan

1. to eat

• efnetan
• ġeetan
• þurhetan

• Middle English: eten, eete, eeten, ete, etin, ethe, ette; æten, etenn
  • English: eat
  • Scots: ait, aet, eat, eit, ete
  • Yola: at, ayth, eight (preterite)

From Proto-West Germanic *etan.

etan

1. to eat

• Middle Low German: ēten
  • Low German: eten

Borrowed from English ethane. By surface analysis, etyl +‎ -an.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tan/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtan
• Syllabification: e‧tan

etan m inan

1. ethane

• etan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• etan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From French éthane.

etan m (uncountable)

1. ethane

From English ethane; equivalent to etyl +‎ -an.

etan n (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) ethane

• Aten, ante, enat