ane

adjective, noun, pronoun Chiefly Scot.

1. one.

Chemistry.

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

determiner, pronoun, noun

1. a Scottish word for one

suffix forming nouns

1. indicating an alkane hydrocarbonhexane

suff.

1. A saturated hydrocarbon:hexane.

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.