-ena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ena"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɛ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈə.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.na]
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Hyphenation: -e‧na

Suffix

-ena

1. feminine singular of -è
2. feminine singular of -é

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ ɛna]
• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Hyphenation: -e‧na

Suffix

-ena f (noun-forming suffix)

1. forms feminine nouns from adjectives

   ‎starý (“old”) + ‎-ena → ‎stařena (“old woman”)

Declension

Declension of -ena (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	-ena	-eny
genitive	-eny	-en
dative	-eně	-enám
accusative	-enu	-eny
vocative	-eno	-eny
locative	-eně	-enách
instrumental	-enou	-enami

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -ena

pradlena

přadlena

stařena

švadlena

tkadlena

Further reading

• -ena/-eňa in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /əˈna/ [əˈna]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: -e‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English -ene, from French -ène.

Suffix

-ena

1. -ene
   1. (organic chemistry) an unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene
   2. (organic chemistry) an aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene
   3. a polymer derived from an alkene

Derived terms

Category Indonesian terms suffixed with -ena not found

derivative suffixes

• -diena
• -enil

terms derived from "-ena"

• antrasena
• asetilena
• benzena
• butadiena
• etena
• etilena
• fenantrena
• fenilena
• fulerena
• indena
• isoprena
• kamfena
• karotena
• likopena
• limonena
• mesitilena
• metilena
• naftalena
• naftena
• neoprena
• nitrobenzena
• pinena
• pirena
• poliena
• polietilena
• polipropilena
• polistirena
• politena
• propena
• propilena
• retena
• retinena
• simena
• skualena
• stearoptena
• stilbena
• stirena
• terpena
• toluena
• trinitrotoluena
• xantena
• xilena

See also

• -ana
• -una

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English -ene. By surface analysis, derived from grafena (“graphene”), expressing its monolayer characteristic.

Suffix

-ena

1. a single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms

Derived terms

• fosforena
• germanena
• grafena
• silisena
• stanena

Latin

Pronunciation

• -ēna:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [eː.na]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.na]
  • Hyphenation: -ē‧na
• -ēnā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [eː.naː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.na]
  • Hyphenation: -ē‧nā

Suffix

-ēna

1. inflection of -ēnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Suffix

-ēnā

1. ablative feminine singular of -ēnus

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• -enene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːna/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eːna
• Hyphenation: -en‧a

Suffix

-ena

1. definite plural of -en

Anagrams

• ane, nea

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.nɑ/
• Hyphenation: -e‧na

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• -ana — early

Suffix

-ena

1. forms the genitive plural of n-stem masculine, n-stem feminine, and some ō-stem feminine nouns

   ‎stela (“stalk”) + ‎-ena → ‎stelena (“stalks'”)

Descendants

• Middle English: -ene, -an, -en, -yn, -yne, -ena, -enne (Early Middle English, rare)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-ena (Early West Saxon)

1. forms the weak genitive plural of adjectives

   þāra blindena manna ― of the blind men

Old Spanish

Suffix

-ena f sg

1. feminine singular of -eno

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.nɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽnɐ, (Portugal) -enɐ
• Hyphenation: -e‧na

Suffix

-ena

1. feminine singular of -eno
2. feminine of -eno

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈena/ [ˈe.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: -e‧na

Suffix

-ena

1. feminine singular of -eno
2. feminine of -eno