etan

See also: etán, étan, and Etan

Basque

Noun

etan

1. inessive singular of eta

Czech

Alternative forms

• ethan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛtan]

Noun

etan m inan

1. (organic chemistry) ethane (C₂H₆)

Declension

Declension of etan (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	etan	etany
genitive	etanu	etanů
dative	etanu	etanům
accusative	etan	etany
vocative	etane	etany
locative	etanu	etanech
instrumental	etanem	etany

Coordinate terms

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

Further reading

• “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

Adjective

etan

1. accusative singular of eta

Icelandic

Noun

etan n

1. (organic chemistry) ethane

Declension

declension of etan

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	etan	etanið
accusative	etan	etanið
dative	etani	etaninu
genitive	etans	etansins

Related terms

• etanól
• eten

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
    • Afrikaans: eet
  • Limburgish: aete

Further reading

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

Old English

Alternative forms

• eata — Northumbrian
• eotan
• ætan

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

Conjugation of etan (strong class 5)

infinitive	etan	etenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ete	ǣt
second person singular	itst	ǣte
third person singular	itt, it	ǣt
plural	etaþ	ǣton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ete	ǣte
plural	eten	ǣten
imperative
singular	et
plural	etaþ
participle	present	past
	etende	(ġe)eten

Derived terms

• efnetan
• ġeetan
• þurhetan

Descendants

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

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *etan.

Verb

etan

1. to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of etan (strong class 5)

infinitive	etan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	itu	at
2nd person singular	itis	āti
3rd person singular	itid	at
plural	etad	ātun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	ete	āti
2nd person singular	etes	ātis
3rd person singular	ete	āti
plural	eten	ātin
imperative	present
singular	et
plural	etad
participle	present	past
	itandi	gietan, etan

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ēten
  • Low German: eten

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tan/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛtan
• Syllabification: e‧tan

Noun

etan m inan

1. ethane

Declension

Declension of etan

	singular	plural
nominative	etan	etany
genitive	etanu	etanów
dative	etanowi	etanom
accusative	etan	etany
instrumental	etanem	etanami
locative	etanie	etanach
vocative	etanie	etany

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

declension of etan (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) etan	etanul
genitive/dative	(unui) etan	etanului
vocative	etanule

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	—	—

Anagrams

• Aten, ante, enat