etan
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Basque
Noun
etan
Czech
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
etan m inan
- (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
- accusative singular of eta
Icelandic
Noun
etan n
Declension
declension of etan
Related terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
etan n (definite singular etanet) (uncountable)
- ethane (aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
etan n (definite singular etanet) (uncountable)
- ethane (as above)
Nupe
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
ètàn (plural ètànzhì)
Etymology 2
From e- (“nominalizing prefix”) + tán (“to pain”).
Pronunciation
Noun
etán (plural etánzhì)
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.
Verb
etan
- to eat
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
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
Verb
etan
- 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.
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
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
Descendants
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *etan.
Verb
etan
- 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
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English ethane. By surface analysis, etyl + -an.
Pronunciation
Noun
etan m inan
Declension
Declension of etan
Further reading
- etan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- etan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
etan m (uncountable)
Declension
declension of etan (singular only)
Swedish
Etymology
From English ethane; equivalent to etyl + -an.
Noun
etan n (uncountable)
Declension
| Declension of etan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | etan | etanet | — | — |
| Genitive | etans | etanets | — | — |