-ene

See also: ene, Ene, ENE, êne, eñe, enë, and -ené

English

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek feminine patronymic suffix.

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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)
• Norwegian: -en (no)
• Portuguese: -eno m
• Spanish: -eno (es) m

aromatic hydrocarbon of benzene

• Finnish: -eeni (fi)

• Hindi: -एन्य (-enya)

polymer of an alkene

• Finnish: -eeni (fi)

• Hindi: एन्य (enya)

See also

• -ane
• -yne

Etymology 2

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

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Hungarian

Etymology

-e- (“linking vowel”) +‎ -ne (“conditional suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛnɛ]

Suffix

-ene

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).

   segít (“to help”) → 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

• (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -na is added to most back vowel verbs

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

  -ne is added to most front vowel verbs

  kér (“to ask”) → 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”) → mondana (“he/she would say something”)

  tanít (“to teach”) → 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”) → festene (“he/she would paint”)

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

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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Latvian

Alternative forms

• -iene

Etymology

From -enis +‎ -e (“fem.”).

Suffix

-ene

1. feminine form of -enis

Derived terms

► Latvian words suffixed with -ene

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Middle Dutch

Pronoun

-ene

1. Enclitic form of hem; accusative of hi