-an
suffix
1
- /ən/ forming adjectives and nouns, especially from[构成形容词和名词, 尤由这几类词构成]:
1.1
- names of places地名:
Cuban.
1.2
- names of systems体制名:
Anglican.
1.3
- names of zoological classes or orders动物纲(或目):
crustacean.
1.4
- names of founders创始者名:
Lutheran.
2
- /æn/Chemistry forming names of organic compounds, chiefly polysaccharides【化】[构成有机化合物名称, 主要指多聚糖类]:
dextran.
词源
from Latin -anus, -ana, -anum.