ane

Everyday

1. (Scots) «Ane» is the Scots word for «one»: «ane o them» means one of them. tree →
2. (science) «-ane» is an ending in chemistry names of some gases and fuels: methane, propane, butane, octane. tree →
3. As a word alone it is not standard English. tree →

In the lessons

Met in Scottish poems and songs (Robert Burns) and in science lessons naming fuels. On its own it is a fragment, not a common English word.

Examples

• In Scots, «ane» means one. tree →
• «Ane day» is Scots for one day. tree →
• Methane ends in «-ane». tree →
• Propane and butane are camping gas fuels ending in -ane. tree →
• Burns wrote «ane» in his poems. tree →
• My Scottish nan counts «ane, twa, three». tree →
• So the young man went on, and by-and-by he saw a multitude of very dreadfu’ beasts, ilk ane o’ them wi’ twa heads, and on every head four horns. tree →

Note

Not an English word on its own. As a chemistry ending it is written «-ane». Do not confuse with «and» or «one».