pentane
French, noun/pɛ̃.tan/
pentane is spelled P-E-N-T-A-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written French, the 209,747th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pentane is a French masculine noun meaning “pentane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hydrocarbure saturé de la famille des paraffines, à trois isomères (n-pentane, isopentane ou méthylbutane, et…”.
What does pentane mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepentane
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, à trois isomères (n-pentane, isopentane ou méthylbutane, et néopentane ou diméthylpropane). Sa formule chimique est C₅H₁₂.
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 pentane
- pentanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pentane?
- /pɛ̃.tan/
- \pɛ̃.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 pentane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pentane in French?
pentane appears about once in every 44 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).