hexadécane
French, noun/ɛɡ.za.de.kan/
hexadécane is spelled H-E-X-A-D-É-C-A-N-E (10 letters). Hexadécane is a French masculine noun meaning “hexadecane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hydrocarbure saturé linéaire de la famille des paraffines, à 16 atomes de carbone. Sa formule chimique est…”.
What does hexadécane mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehexadecane
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hydrocarbure saturé linéaire de la famille des paraffines, à 16 atomes de carbone. Sa formule chimique est CH₃(CH₂)₁₄CH₃. 2. Un des nombreux isomères de (1), de formule chimique brute 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 hexadécane
- hexadécanes plural
- n-hexadécane
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hexadécane?
- /ɛɡ.za.de.kan/
- \ɛɡ.za.de.kan\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hexadécane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.