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"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "alcane"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Alkan"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "alkánio",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "αλκάνιο"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "suṣānya",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "सुषान्य"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "alkán"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "alkana"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alcán"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alcano"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "arukan",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "アルカン"
},
{
"alt": "メタンけいたんかすいそ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "metan-kei tanka suiso",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "メタン系炭化水素"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "alkan",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "алкан"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼalkaan",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "អាល់កាន"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "alkan",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "알칸"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "alkein",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "알케인"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "alkan",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "алкан"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "alkana"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "waiwaro-tahi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "alkan"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "alkan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alkan"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "alcano"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alcan"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "alkán",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "алка́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "alcano"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "alkan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "alkan"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "alkán",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "алка́н"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
"word": "ankan"
}
],
"word": "alkane"
}
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