-ane
/eɪn/suffix
Elementary
1
Variant of -an, usually with differentiation (germane, humane, urbane), but sometimes alone (mundane).
2
A saturated hydrocarbon; an alkane.
3
A simple binary compound of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid.
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