FromLatin-ānus, which forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of "belonging to" or "origin from". Doublet ofEnglish-an.
-ane
- Variant of-an,usually with differentiation (germane,humane,urbane), but sometimes alone (mundane).[1]
- (organic chemistry) Asaturatedhydrocarbon; analkane.
- (inorganic chemistry) A simplebinary compound ofhydrogen and anonmetal ormetalloid.
compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid
compounds of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid
- ^"-ane" inThe concise Oxford dictionary of current English, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1919.
-ane m
- (chemistry)-ane
-āne
- vocativemasculinesingular of-ānus
FromOld Irish-án, fromPrimitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔ(-agni).
-ane m
- A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives, and other nouns from primary nouns inManx.
- mair(“finger”) + -ane → mairane(“thimble”)
- mooar(“big”) + -ane → mooarane(“a large amount, many, much”)
- shirgey(“mummification”) + -ane → shirgane(“mummy”)
- tonn(“wave”) + -ane → tonnane(“ripple, wavelet”)
Cognate withPersianـانه(-âne,“adjective forming suffix”).
-ane (Arabic spellingـانە)
- Used to formadverbs:-ly,-ily,-ally
- by,during
- roj(“day”) + -ane → rojane(“by day”)
- şev(“night”) + -ane → şevane(“by night”)
- Used to form adjectives from nouns specifying time intervals, the adjectives having the sense of "occurring at suchintervals":-ly
- roj(“day”) + -ane → rojane(“daily”)
- meh(“month”) + -ane → mehane(“monthly”)
- sal(“year”) + -ane → salane(“yearly”)
-ane m orf
- Used to formregulardefiniteplurals of mostmasculinenouns.
Ein båt, alle båtane.- A boat; allthe boats.
- Used to formregulardefiniteplurals of somefemininenouns.
Ei dronning, alle dronningane.- A queen; allthe queens.
-ane
- (Late Old English)Alternative form of-enne
- IPA(key): /ˈa.nɛ/
- Rhymes:-anɛ
- Syllabification:[please specify syllabification manually]
-ane
- inflection of-any:
- neuternominative/accusative/vocativesingular
- nonvirilenominative/accusative/vocativeplural
A variant of-ana.
-ane
- Noun diminutive suffix, creates a noun meaning something smaller or younger, or a small amount.
- Adjective diminutive suffix, creates an adjective meaning "somewhat", "rather".
-ane
- Alternative form of-ana.
-ane
- Alternative form of-ana.
