TANE

Meaning of TANE in English

/tah"nay/ , n.

a Polynesian god of fertility.

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TANE — I. chiefly Scotland past part of take II. ˈtān Scot & dialect England variant of tone I
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TANE — [Polynesian] The Polynesian god of light, and of the forests and trees. He is the first son of Papa and …
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TAWNY — I. adjective (tawnier; -est) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tané, tauné, literally, tanned, from past participle of tanner to tan …
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TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
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TRIPTANE — ˈtripˌtān noun ( -s ) Etymology: tri methyl + p (alteration of b in butane ) + bu tane : …
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KOHISTANI — ˌkō(h)ə̇ˈstänē, -tanē noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Himalayan people of northern Pakistan b. : …
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TRIPTANE — /trip"tayn/ , n. Chem. a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used …
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TAWNY — — tawnily , adv. — tawniness , n. /taw"nee/ , adj., tawnier, tawniest , n. adj. 1. of a dark …
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TA'EN — /tayn/ , v. Archaic. taken. [ ME ytan, tane, tain, contraction of TAKEN ]
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TAWNY — I. ˈtȯ-nē, ˈtä-nē adjective ( taw·ni·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tané, tauné, literally, tanned, from past …
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TENNÉ — [ 'tɛni ] ■ noun & adjective Heraldry orange-brown. Origin C16: obs. Fr., var. of OFr. tane (see tawny ).
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TAWNY — ■ adjective ( tawnier , tawniest ) of an orange-brown or yellowish-brown colour. ■ noun ~ colour. Derivatives tawniness noun …
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ULTRAMONTANE — [ul.tra.mon.tane] adj [ML ultramontanus, fr. L ultra- + mont-, mons mountain--more at mount] (ca. 1618) 1: of or relating to …
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TRANSMONTANE — [trans.mon.tane] adj [L transmontanus] (1727): tramontane
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TRAMONTANE — [tra.mon.tane] n (1593): one dwelling in a tramontane region; broadly: foreigner [2]tramontane adj [It tramontano, fr. L transmontanus, fr. trans- …
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SOUTANE — [sou.tane] n [F, fr. It sottana, lit., undergarment, fr. fem. of sottano being underneath, fr. ML subtanus, fr. L subtus …
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PRISTANE — [pris.tane] n [L pristis shark, sawfish; fr. its occurrence in the liver oils of sharks] (1923): an isoprenoid hydrocarbon that …
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PHYTANE — [phy.tane] n (1907): an isoprenoid hydrocarbon that is found esp. associated with fossilized plant remains from the Precambrian and later …
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PENTANE — [pen.tane] n [ISV] (1877): any of three isomeric alkanes that occur esp. in petroleum
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OCTANE — [oc.tane] n [ISV] (ca. 1872) 1: any of several isomeric liquid alkanes containing eight carbon atoms 2: octane number
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MONTANE — [mon.tane] adj [L montanus of a mountain--more at mountain] (1863) 1: of, relating to, growing in, or being the biogeographic …
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ISOOCTANE — [iso.oc.tane] n [ISV] (1909): an octane of branched-chain structure or a mixture of such octanes; esp: a flammable liquid octane …
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ISOBUTANE — [iso.bu.tane] n [ISV] (1876): a gaseous branched-chain hydrocarbon isomeric with normal butane that is used esp. as a fuel
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INTERMONTANE — [in.ter.mon.tane] or in.ter.mont adj [L mont-, mons mount] (1807): situated between mountains "an ~ basin"
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HEPTANE — [hep.tane] n (1877): any of several isomeric alkanes containing seven carbon atoms in a molecule; esp: the liquid normal isomer …
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CETANE — [ce.tane] n [fr. cetyl, a radical] (1871): a colorless oily hydrocarbon found in petroleum
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BUTANE — [bu.tane] n [ISV butyric + -ane] (1875): either of two isomeric flammable gaseous alkanes obtained usu. from petroleum or natural …
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BELTANE — [Bel.tane] n [ME (Sc), 1st or 3rd of May, fr. ScGael bealltain] (15c): the Celtic May Day festival
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POLYNESIAN MYTHOLOGY — All the articles available in the Polynesian mythology section of the Encyclopedia Mythica: Afa; Ahoeitu; Aitu; Alii Menehune; Ami-Te-Rangi; Ao; …
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ATEA — [Polynesian] A Polynesian primeval god, who divided in two. So he became the god Rangi and the goddess Papa; the …
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