propane

Analyzable as prop- +‎ -ane, borrowing or calque of German Propan.

• enPR: prō'pān' IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊpeɪn/

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propane (countable and uncountable, plural propanes)

1. (organic chemistry) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₃H₈, a constituent of natural gas. [from 1867]
   • 1960 April, “Restaurant cars and multiple-units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 222:

     Propane gas is used for cooking and cylinder containers are placed to one side of the underframe, with battery boxes and electrical control boxes at the other side.

• E944 when used as a propellant

• alkane

• “propane”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “propane”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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propane m (plural propanes)

1. propane

• “propane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.