etan

See also: etán, étan, and Etan

Basque

Noun

etan

  1. inessive singular of eta

Czech

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛtan]

Noun

etan m inan

  1. (organic chemistry) ethane (C2H6)

Declension

Coordinate terms

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Adjective

etan

  1. accusative singular of eta

Icelandic

Noun

etan n

  1. (organic chemistry) ethane

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

etan n (definite singular etanet) (uncountable)

  1. ethane (aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

etan n (definite singular etanet) (uncountable)

  1. ethane (as above)

Nupe

Etymology 1

Cognates include Yoruba ìtàn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /è.tã̀/

Noun

ètàn (plural ètànzhì)

  1. history
  2. tradition
  3. lineage ; genealogy

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.tã́/

Noun

etán (plural etánzhì)

  1. pain

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

etan

  1. to eat

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.tɑn/

Verb

etan

  1. to eat
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
      Ne lyst mē nāwiht ðāra metta þe ic forhātan habbe, ac mē lyst ðāra þe ic getiohhod habbe tō ætanne, ðonne ic hī gesēo.
      I desire none of those meats which I have renounced; I desire those which I have thought right to eat, when I see them.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *etan.

Verb

etan

  1. to eat

Conjugation

Descendants

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.tan/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtan
  • Syllabification: e‧tan

Noun

etan m inan

  1. ethane

Declension

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French éthane.

Noun

etan m (uncountable)

  1. ethane

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From English ethane; equivalent to etyl + -an.

Noun

etan n (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) ethane

Declension

Declension of etan 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative etan etanet
Genitive etans etanets

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