hexano

Portuguese

Etymology

From hexa- +‎ -ano.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ekˈsɐ̃.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ekˈsɐ.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈksɐ.nu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈksa.nu/

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
Hyphenation: he‧xa‧no

Noun

hexano m (plural hexanos)

(organic chemistry) hexane (aliphatic hydrocarbon: C₆H₁₄)

Further reading

“hexano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“hexano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eɡˈsano/ [eɣ̞ˈsa.no]
Rhymes: -ano
Syllabification: he‧xa‧no

Noun

hexano m (plural hexanos)

(organic chemistry) hexane

Derived terms

Further reading

“hexano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025