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pentane

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈpɛnteɪn/
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noun

Meaning 1

An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C5H12; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methylbutane (isopentane), and dimethylpropane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From pent- + -ane.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: pentaan — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Armenian: պենտան (pentan) — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Azerbaijani: pentan — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Catalan: pentà — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戊烷 (wùwán) — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Dutch: pentaan — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Esperanto: pentano — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Finnish: pentaani — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • French: pentane — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • German: Pentan — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Greek: πεντάνιο (pentánio) — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Hungarian: pentán — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Indonesian: pentana — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Italian: pentano — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Japanese: ペンタン (pentan) — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Kazakh: пентан (pentan) — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Korean: 펜테인 (pentein) — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Korean: 펜탄 (pentan) — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Latvian: pentāns — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Malay: pentana — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Māori: pēwaro — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pentan — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pentan — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Portuguese: pentano — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Russian: пента́н (pentán) — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Spanish: pentano — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Swedish: pentan — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Tamil: பென்ட்டேன் (peṉṭṭēṉ) — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Thai: เพนเทน (payntayn) — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12
  • Turkish: pentan — aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12