See also: etán, étan, and Etan

Basque

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Noun

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etan

  1. inessive singular of eta

Czech

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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etan m inan

  1. (organic chemistry) ethane (C2H6)

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Coordinate terms

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Further reading

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

Esperanto

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Adjective

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etan

  1. accusative singular of eta

Icelandic

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Noun

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etan n (genitive singular etans, no plural)

  1. (organic chemistry) ethane

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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etan n (definite singular etanet) (uncountable)

  1. ethane (aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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etan n (definite singular etanet) (uncountable)

  1. ethane (as above)

Nupe

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Etymology 1

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Cognates include Yoruba ìtàn.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ètàn (plural ètànzhì)

  1. history
  2. tradition
  3. lineage ; genealogy

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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etán (plural etánzhì)

  1. pain

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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

Verb

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etan

  1. to eat

Inflection

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Verb

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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.

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *etan.

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etan

  1. to eat

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Polish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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etan m inan

  1. ethane

Declension

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Further reading

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French éthane.

Noun

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etan m (uncountable)

  1. ethane

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative etan etanul
genitive-dative etan etanului
vocative etanule

Swedish

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Etymology

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From English ethane; equivalent to etyl +‎ -an.

Noun

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etan n (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) ethane

Declension

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Declension of etan
nominative genitive
singular indefinite etan etans
definite etanet etanets
plural indefinite
definite

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