alkane

See also: Alkane

English

Etymology

alkyl +‎ -ane.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.keɪn/

Noun

alkane (plural alkanes)

(organic chemistry) Any of a group of saturated hydrocarbons including methane, ethane and compounds with long carbon chain known as paraffins etc., having a chemical formula of the form C_nH_2n+2.

Hypernyms

hydrocarbon

Hyponyms

Derived terms

chlorofluoroalkane
cycloalkane
hydrofluoroalkane

Related terms

Translations

saturated hydrocarbon of formula C_nH_2n+2

Catalan: alcà m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 烷 (jyun⁴, jyun⁴^-²)

Mandarin: 烷 (zh) (wán)
Czech: alkan m
Danish: alkan c
Dutch: alkaan (nl) n
Esperanto: alkano
Finnish: alkaani (fi)
French: alcane (fr) m
German: Alkan (de) n
Greek: αλκάνιο n (alkánio)
Hindi: सुषान्य (suṣānya)
Irish: alcán m
Italian: alcano (it) m

Japanese: アルカン (ja) (arukan), メタン系炭化水素 (メタンけいたんかすいそ, metan-kei tanka suiso)
Korean: 알칸 (alkan), 알케인 (alkein)
Malay: alkana
Maori: waiwaro-tahi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: alkan (no) n

Nynorsk: alkan n
Polish: alkan (pl) m
Portuguese: alcano (pt)
Romanian: alcan (ro) m
Russian: алка́н (ru) m (alkán)
Spanish: alcano
Swedish: alkan (sv) c
Turkish: alkan (tr)

Finnish

Verb

alkane

Potential present connegative form of alkaa.

Anagrams

alkaen, kelaan, kelana, lakena, lankea, lekana

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