hexane

See also: Hexane

English

Etymology

From hex- +‎ -ane.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hĕks'ān, IPA^(key): /ˈhɛkseɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛkseɪn

Noun

hexane (countable and uncountable, plural hexanes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of five isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons, C₆H₁₄. They are colorless, volatile liquids.

Derived terms

• cyclohexane
• esaprazole
• hexafluronium
• hexanal
• hexanediamide
• hexanediol
• hexanoic
• hexyl
• isohexane
• methylcyclohexanone
• n-hexane

Translations

aliphatic hydrocarbon: C₆H₁₄

Armenian: հեքսան (hekʻsan) Azerbaijani: heksan Catalan: hexà m Chinese: Mandarin: 己烷 (jǐwán) Czech: hexan (cs) m Esperanto: heksano Finnish: heksaani (fi) French: hexane (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Hexan (de) n Hungarian: hexán (hu) Indonesian: heksana (id) Irish: heacsán m Italian: esano (it) m Japanese: ヘキサン (ja) (hekisan) Kazakh: гексан (geksan) Korean: 헥세인 (heksein) Malay: heksana (ms) Mandarin: 己烷 (jǐwán) Maori: owaro Norwegian: heksan n Polish: heksan (pl) m Portuguese: hexano m Russian: гекса́н (ru) m (geksán) Spanish: hexano (es) m Swedish: hexan (sv) n Turkish: hegzan, hekzan Volapük: häxan (vo)

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zan/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

hexane m (plural hexanes)

1. (organic chemistry) hexane

Further reading

• “hexane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.