-ene

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ene"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-iːn/

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, Oxfordshire: 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, Oxfordshire: 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)

Derived terms

Latvian terms suffixed with -ene

Middle Dutch

Pronoun

-ene

1. Enclitic form of hem; accusative of hi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish -ene

Suffix

-ene

1. suffix added to most of definite plural nouns

Norwegian Nynorsk

Suffix

-ene

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