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tétracontane

French, noun\te.tʁa.kɔ̃.tan\

tétracontane is spelled T-É-T-R-A-C-O-N-T-A-N-E (12 letters). Tétracontane is a French masculine noun meaning “tetracontane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Hydrocarbure saturé de la famille des paraffines, aux nombreux isomères. Sa formule chimique est C₄₀H₈₂”.

What does tétracontane mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetetracontane

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, aux nombreux isomères. Sa formule chimique est C₄₀H₈₂.

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 tétracontane

  • tétracontanes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tétracontane?

  • \te.tʁa.kɔ̃.tan\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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