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• ane
  ane

  adjective

  one.
• -ane
  -ane

  a suffix used in names of hydrocarbons of the methane or paraffin series.
• –ane
  –ane

  A suffix used to form the names of saturated hydrocarbons, such as ethane. The suffix is shortened to –an– before other suffixes to indicate compounds derived from saturated hydrocarbons, as in ethanol.

ane

¹ American  

[eyn] / eɪn /

adjective

Chiefly Scot.

1. one.

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-ane ² American  

Chemistry.

1. a suffix used in names of hydrocarbons of the methane or paraffin series.

   propane.

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-ane ¹ British  

suffix

1. indicating an alkane hydrocarbon

   hexane

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ane ² British  

/ eɪn /

determiner

1. a Scottish word for one

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–ane Scientific  

1. A suffix used to form the names of saturated hydrocarbons, such as ethane. The suffix is shortened to –an– before other suffixes to indicate compounds derived from saturated hydrocarbons, as in ethanol.

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Etymology

Origin of ane¹

1350–1400; Middle English (North) an, variant of on one

Origin of -ane²

From the Latin suffix -ānus -an

Example Sentences

The presence of the double bond is signified by replacing the suffix -ane with the suffix -ene.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The name of an alkyl group is obtained by dropping the suffix -ane of the alkane name and adding -yl:

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

In other cases, when it is followed by the word it qualifies it loses -ane, if the qualified word begins with a vowel, and -ne in other cases.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood