octan

See also: Octan

English

Adjective

octan (not comparable)

1. Occurring every eight days.

Noun

octan (plural octans)

1. A fever that recurs every eight days.

Anagrams

• Acton, Canto, Caton, act on, acton, canto

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈot͡stan]
• Hyphenation: oc‧tan

Noun

octan m inan

1. (organic chemistry) acetate

   Synonym: acetát

Declension

Declension of octan (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	octan	octany
genitive	octanu	octanů
dative	octanu	octanům
accusative	octan	octany
vocative	octane	octany
locative	octanu	octanech
instrumental	octanem	octany

Further reading

• “octan”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “octan”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “octan”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔt͡s.tan/

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• Rhymes: -ɔt͡stan
• Syllabification: oc‧tan

Noun

octan m inan

1. (organic chemistry) acetate (salt or ester of acetic acid)

   Synonym: acetat

Declension

Declension of octan

	singular	plural
nominative	octan	octany
genitive	octanu	octanów
dative	octanowi	octanom
accusative	octan	octany
instrumental	octanem	octanami
locative	octanie	octanach
vocative	octanie	octany

Further reading

• octan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French octane or German Oktan.

Noun

octan m (plural octani)

1. octane

Declension

Declension of octan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) octan	octanul	(niște) octani	octanii
genitive/dative	(unui) octan	octanului	(unor) octani	octanilor
vocative	octanule		octanilor