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-phane

  1. a combining form occurring in the names of substances, especially minerals, that seem like or have the qualities of that named by the initial element:

    collophane, hydrophane.



-phane

combining form

  1. indicating something resembling a specified substance

    cellophane

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of -phane1

< Greek -±è³ó²¹²Ôŧ²õ, adjective derivative of ±è³ó²¹Ã­²Ô±ð²õ³Ù³ó²¹¾± to seem, appear; allophane ( def ), -phany
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of -phane1

from Greek phainein to shine, (in passive) appear
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SteÌphane Louvard created the crookie almost a year and a half ago when he came up with the idea of putting cookie dough into a croissant and then baking it again.

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“To respond to this highly transmissible variant, Moderna will continue to rapidly advance an Omicron-specific booster candidate into clinical testing in case it becomes necessary in the future,†said SteÌphane Bancel, Moderna’s chief executive officer.

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Morice thereupon wrote a series of highly florid descriptions and poems, inspired by Gauguin's pictures, in a style strongly tinged with the influence of St�phane Mallarm�.

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A sad tale is told of Maximilien and Str�phane.

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Stéphane Thefo, a specialist at Interpol who handles international art-theft investigations, expressed doubt that one person could have pulled off the heist, even if only one person was caught on camera.

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