-ene

See also: ene, Ene, and ENE

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek feminine patronymic suffix.

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

• Finnish: -eeni (fi)
• German: -en (de)

• Hindi: -एन्य (-enya)
• Norwegian: -en (no)

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

• graphene
• silicene
• stanene

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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