cétane
French, noun/se.tan/
cétane is spelled C-É-T-A-N-E (6 letters). Cétane is a French masculine noun meaning “cetane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hydrocarbure saturé de la famille des alcanes rentrant dans la composition du gazole. Sa formule brute est…”.
What does cétane mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecetane
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hydrocarbure saturé de la famille des alcanes rentrant dans la composition du gazole. Sa formule brute est C₁₆H₃₄.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cétane
- cétanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cétane?
- /se.tan/
- \se.tan\
- [se.tan]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cétane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.