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metan

metan

See also: metán

Czech

Alternative forms

Noun

metan m

  1. (chemistry) methane (CH4)

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛːtʰaːn/

Noun

metan n (genitive singular metans, no plural)

  1. (chemistry) methane (CH₄)

Declension


Norwegian Bokmål

metan

Noun

metan n (definite singular metanet) (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) methane (chemical symbol CH₄)

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

metan n (definite singular metanet) (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) methane (as above)

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Old English

Verb

metan

  1. to measure
  2. to mete
Conjugation
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną. Compare Old Frisian mēta, Old Saxon mōtian, Old High German muozen, Old Norse mæta.

Verb

mētan

  1. to meet, encounter
  2. to paint, design
Conjugation
Descendants

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *metaną, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (to measure). Compare Old English metan, Old Frisian meta, Old High German mezzan, Old Norse meta, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (mitan).

Verb

metan

  1. to measure
  2. to mete

Conjugation

Descendants


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.tan/

Noun

metan m inan

  1. methane (CH₄)

Declension


Romanian

metan

Etymology

From French méthane

Noun

metan n (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) methane (CH₄)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mětaːn/
  • Hyphenation: me‧tan

Noun

mètān m (Cyrillic spelling мѐта̄н)

  1. (chemistry, uncountable) methane (CH₄)

Declension


Spanish

Verb

metan

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of meter.
  2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of meter.
  3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of meter.

Swedish

Noun

metan n (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) methane (CH₄)

Declension

Synonyms

  • sumpgas
  • gruvgas

Tetum

Noun

metan

  1. black