-ene

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ene"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-iːn/

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Etymology 1

From Latin -ēnus, from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós), forming adjectives from place names.

Suffix

-ene

1. Forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants.

   ‎Cairo + ‎-ene → ‎Cairene

   ‎Damascus + ‎-ene → ‎Damascene

2. Forms adjectives and nouns denoting religious groups from personal names.

   ‎Rogers + ‎-ene → ‎Rogerene

   ‎Hagar + ‎-ene → ‎Hagarene

See also

• -ine

References

• “-ene, suffix”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French -ène, chosen by French chemist Jean-Baptiste Dumas to avoid confusion with chemicals in -ine.

Suffix

-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.

Usage notes

The common names of some other organic compounds also end in ene.

Derived terms

derivative suffixes

• -diene
• -enyl

terms derived from "-ene"

• acetylene
• anthracene
• benzene
• butadiene
• camphene
• carotene
• cymene
• ethene
• ethylene
• fullerene
• indene
• isoprene
• limonene
• lycopene
• mesitylene
• methylene
• naphthalene
• naphthene
• neoprene
• nitrobenzene
• phenanthrene
• phenylene
• pinene
• polyene
• polyethylene
• polypropylene
• polystyrene
• polythene
• propene
• propylene
• pyrene
• retene
• retinene
• squalene
• stearoptene
• stilbene
• styrene
• terpene
• toluene
• trinitrotoluene
• xanthene
• xylene

Translations

alkene

• Catalan: -è (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: -烯 (-xī)

• Danish: -en (da)
• Finnish: -eeni (fi)
• French: -ène (fr) m
• German: -en (de)
• Hindi: -एन्य (-enya)
• Hungarian: -én
• Indonesian: -ena
• Irish: -éin
• Italian: -ene (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -en (no)

• Polish: -en (pl) m
• Portuguese: -eno m
• Spanish: -eno (es) m
• Swedish: -en (sv)

aromatic hydrocarbon of benzene

• Finnish: -eeni (fi)
• Hindi: -एन्य (-enya)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -en (no)

polymer of an alkene

• Finnish: -eeni (fi)
• Hindi: एन्य (enya)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -en (no)

See also

• -ane
• -ein
• -in
• -ine
• -yne

References

• “-ene, comb. form”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Etymology 3

Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic

Suffix

-ene

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

Derived terms

• germanene
• graphene
• phosphorene
• silicene
• stanene

Anagrams

• -een, Nee, e'en, een, nee, née

Hungarian

Etymology

From -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -ne (conditional suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛnɛ]

Suffix

-ene

1. (conditional suffix) Forms the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).

   ‎segít (“to help”) + ‎-ene → ‎segítene (“he/she would help”)

Usage notes

    Conditional indefinite – personal endings

Person		Back     vowel	Front vowel
			unrounded	rounded
én	1st person singular	-nék
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anék	-enék
te	2nd person singular	-nál	-nél
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anál	-enél
ő maga ön	3rd person singular	-na	-ne
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-ana	-ene
mi	1st person plural	-nánk	-nénk
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anánk	-enénk
ti	2nd person plural	-nátok	-nétek
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anátok	-enétek
ők maguk önök	3rd person plural	-nának	-nének
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anának	-enének
See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.

• (conditional suffix) Variants:

  -na is added to most back vowel verbs

  ‎vár (“to wait”) + ‎-na → ‎várna (“he/she would wait”)

  -ne is added to most front vowel verbs

  ‎kér (“to ask”) + ‎-ne → ‎kérne (“he/she would ask”)

  -ana is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions: áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)

  ‎mond (“to say something”) + ‎-ana → ‎mondana (“he/she would say something”)

  ‎tanít (“to teach”) + ‎-ana → ‎tanítana (“he/she would teach”)

  -ene is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t

  ‎fest (“to paint”) + ‎-ene → ‎festene (“he/she would paint”)

  ‎segít (“to help”) + ‎-ene → ‎segítene (“he/she would help”)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Latvian

Alternative forms

• -iene

Etymology

From -enis +‎ -e (fem.).

Suffix

-ene

1. female equivalent of -enis (for female beings)
2. feminine of -enis (for feminine-gender objects)
3. female equivalent of -ēns (for female beings)
4. feminine of -ēns (for feminine-gender objects)

Derived terms

Latvian terms suffixed with -ene

avene

balsene

biedrene

draudzene

dzērvene

dzimtene

dzīslene

dzīvesbiedrene

gailene

kaķene

karaliene

kaulene

kazene

lapsene

lauvene

lācene

meitene

meitenīte

mellene

milzene

radzene

strazdiene

stulbene

tīģeriene

tīklene

trusene

upene

varavīksnene

vecene

vilcene

zaķene

zemene

zilene

zvirbuliene

Middle Dutch

Pronoun

-ene

1. Enclitic form of hem; accusative of hi

Middle English

Alternative forms

• -en

Etymology

From Old English -ena.

Suffix

-ene

1. Used to form the genitive plural of nouns.

Usage notes

• Originally used only for weak nouns in Old English, this suffix was also used for etymologically strong nouns in some Middle English dialects, e.g., kingene king (king of kings). Its use was also influenced by the adjectival suffix -en.

References

• “-en(e”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 October 2024.
• “-en, suf.(8).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 October 2024.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish -ene

Suffix

-ene

1. suffix added to most definite plural nouns

Norwegian Nynorsk

Suffix

-ene

1. Used to form definite plurals for most feminine nouns.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ne/

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ene

1. inflection of -en:
   1. dative singular
   2. strong accusative feminine singular
   3. strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular
   4. strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
   5. weak nominative feminine/neuter singular
   6. weak accusative neuter singular

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ene

1. (Late Old English) alternative form of -enne