# etan
## Basque
### Noun

etan
* inessive singular of eta

## Czech
### Alternative forms

* ethan

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛtan]

### Noun

etan m inan
* (organic chemistry) ethane (C$_2$H$_6$)

#### Coordinate terms

* metan
* propan
* butan
* pentan
* hexan
* heptan
* oktan
* nonan
* dekan
* undekan
* dodekan

### Further reading

* “etan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “etan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “etan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Esperanto
### Adjective

etan
* accusative singular of eta

## Icelandic
### Noun

etan n (genitive singular etans, no plural)
* (organic chemistry) ethane

#### Related terms

* etanól
* eten

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

etan n (definite singular etanet) (uncountable)
* ethane (aliphatic hydrocarbon, C$_2$H$_6$)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

etan n (definite singular etanet) (uncountable)
* ethane (as above)

## Nupe
### Etymology 1

Cognates include Yoruba ìtàn.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /è.tã̀/

#### Noun

ètàn (plural ètànzhì)
* history
* tradition
* lineage ; genealogy

### Etymology 2

From e- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ tán (“to pain”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.tã́/

#### Noun

etán (plural etánzhì)
* pain

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

### Verb

etan
* to eat

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: ēten
** Dutch: eten
*** Afrikaans: eet
** Limburgish: aete

#### Further reading

* “etan (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* eata — Northumbrian
* eotan
* ætan

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈe.tɑn/

### Verb

etan
* to eat
** late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
    Ne lyst mē nāwiht ðāra metta þe ic forhātan habbe, ac mē lyst ðāra þe ic getiohhod habbe tō ætanne, ðonne ic hī gesēo.I desire none of those meats which I have renounced; I desire those which I have thought right to eat, when I see them.

#### Derived terms

* efnetan
* ġeetan
* þurhetan

#### Descendants

* Middle English: eten, eete, eeten, ete, etin, ethe, ette, æten, etenn (Early Middle English)
** English: eat
** Scots: ait, aet, eat, eit, ete
** Yola: at, ayth, eight

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *etan.

### Verb

etan
* to eat

#### Descendants

* Middle Low German: ēten
** Low German: eten

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English ethane. By surface analysis, etyl +‎ -an.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.tan/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛtan
* Syllabification: e‧tan

### Noun

etan m inan
* ethane

#### Declension
### Further reading

* etan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* etan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French éthane.

### Noun

etan m (uncountable)
* ethane

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

From English ethane; equivalent to etyl +‎ -an.

### Noun

etan n (uncountable)
* (organic chemistry) ethane

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* Aten, ante, enat