éthane
French, noun/e.tan/
éthane is spelled É-T-H-A-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 90,544th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éthane is a French masculine noun meaning “ethane (aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hydrocarbure saturé de la famille des paraffines, de formule chimique C₂H₆. C’est un gaz très légèrement plus…”.
What does éthane mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineethane (aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆)
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 paraffines, de formule chimique C₂H₆. C’est un gaz très légèrement plus lourd que l’air, facilement liquéfiable.
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 éthane
- éthanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éthane?
- /e.tan/
- \e.tan\
- [e.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 éthane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éthane in French?
éthane appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).