English

Proper noun

Etan

1. A male given name.

Czech

Alternative forms

• ethan

Noun

etan m

1. (organic chemistry) ethane (C₂H₆)

Coordinate terms

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

Esperanto

Adjective

etan

1. accusative singular of eta

Icelandic

Noun

etan n

1. (organic chemistry) ethane

Declension

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)

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

etan

1. to eat

Descendants

• Dutch: eten

Old English

Verb

etan

1. to eat

   Ðu scealt greot etan: you will eat dust. (Cædmon's Metrical Paraphrase)

Conjugation

Descendants

• Middle English: eten
  • English: eat
  • Scots: aet

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Compare Old English and Old Dutch etan, Old High German ezzan, Old Norse eta.

Verb

etan

1. to eat

Conjugation

Descendants

• Low German: eten

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tan/

Noun

etan m inan

1. ethane

Declension

Swedish

Noun

etan n ‎(uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) ethane

Declension