alcano
Portuguese, noun/awˈkɐ̃.nu/
alcano is spelled A-L-C-A-N-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese, the 264,336th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alcano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alkane (saturated hydrocarbon of formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₂)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does alcano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealkane (saturated hydrocarbon of formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₂)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of alcano
- alcanos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alcano?
- Brazil /awˈkɐ̃.nu/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈkɐ̃.nu]
- Portugal /alˈkɐ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alcano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alcano in Portuguese?
alcano appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).