Titan's black rivers and black lakes of methane were a sight to behold with ringed Saturn and the faint distant sun in the cloudy horizon.
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Methane
//ˈmiːθeɪn//
Synonyms for "methane" (54 found)
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Closest matches (11)
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Related words (27)
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2 entriesis a
7 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 44 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- амета́н noun (the compound CH4)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- metan noun (the compound CH4)
Bengali
1 entries- মিথেন noun (the compound CH4)
Breton
1 entries- metan noun (the compound CH4)
Bulgarian
1 entries- метан noun (the compound CH4)
Catalan
1 entries- metà noun (the compound CH4)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 甲烷 noun (the compound CH4)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 甲烷 noun (the compound CH4)
Czech
1 entries- metan noun (the compound CH4)
Dutch
1 entries- methaan noun (the compound CH4)
Erzya
1 entries- ведь тол noun (the compound CH4)
Esperanto
1 entries- metano noun (the compound CH4)
Finnish
1 entries- metaani noun (the compound CH4)
French
1 entries- méthane noun (the compound CH4)
German
1 entries- Methan noun (the compound CH4)
Greek
1 entries- μεθάνιο noun (the compound CH4)
Hebrew
1 entries- מתאן noun (the compound CH4)
Hungarian
1 entries- metán noun (the compound CH4)
Icelandic
1 entries- metan noun (the compound CH4)
Indonesian
1 entries- metana noun (the compound CH4)
Irish
1 entries- meatán noun (the compound CH4)
Italian
1 entries- metano noun (the compound CH4)
Japanese
2 entries- メタン noun (the compound CH4)
- メタンガス noun (the compound CH4)
Kazakh
1 entries- метан noun (the compound CH4)
Khmer
1 entries- មេតាន noun (the compound CH4)
Korean
2 entries- 메탄 noun (the compound CH4)
- 메테인 noun (the compound CH4)
Latin
1 entries- methanum noun (the compound CH4)
Malay
1 entries- metana noun (the compound CH4)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- metan noun (the compound CH4)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- metan noun (the compound CH4)
Occitan
1 entries- metan noun (the compound CH4)
Persian
1 entries- متان noun (the compound CH4)
Polish
1 entries- metan noun (the compound CH4)
Portuguese
1 entries- metano noun (the compound CH4)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਮੀਥੇਨ noun (the compound CH4)
Romanian
1 entries- metan noun (the compound CH4)
Russian
1 entries- мета́н noun (the compound CH4)
Slovene
1 entries- metan noun (the compound CH4)
Spanish
1 entries- metano noun (the compound CH4)
Swedish
1 entries- metan noun (the compound CH4)
Tagalog
1 entries- istan noun (the compound CH4)
Turkish
1 entries- metan noun (the compound CH4)
Vietnamese
1 entries- mê-tan noun (the compound CH4)
Welsh
2 entries- llosgnwy noun (the compound CH4)
- methan noun (the compound CH4)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
How many carbon atoms does methane have?
Source: tatoeba (3615002)
Since 1990, methane emissions have decreased by 11%.
Source: tatoeba (3651057)
In March 2014, the Administration released a Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions from landfills, coal mining, agriculture, and oil and gas systems through voluntary actions and common-sense standards.
Source: tatoeba (3651058)
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