phane

• IPA^(key): /feɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophones: fane, fain, feign

Generalized from the suffix in cyclophane. Ultimately from Ancient Greek -φανής (-phanḗs), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine”).

phane (plural phanes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of several substructures of a more complex molecule.

• pheno-
• -phane
• -phanous
• -phany

phane (plural phanes)

1. Obsolete form of fane.
   • 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:

     The idolatrous temples and phanes.

• “phane”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Penha

phane

1. alternative form of fane (“flag, vane”)

phane

1. alternative form of fane (“temple”)