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-enne

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See also: enne, enné, énne, and énné

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin -āna.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-enne f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ennes)

  1. female equivalent of -en (noun)
    Italien (Italian, noun) → ‎Italienne f
    végétarien (vegetarian, noun) → ‎végétarienne f

Suffix

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-enne f (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)

  1. feminine singular of -en (adjective)
    italien (Italian, adjective) → ‎italienne f
    végétarien (vegetarian, adjective) → ‎végétarienne f
    moyen (average, middle, adjective) → ‎moyenne f
    européen (European, adjective) → ‎européenne f

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin -ennis (like in biennis, triennis), derived from annus (year).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-enne m or f by sense (adjective-forming suffix, plural -enni)
-enne m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -enni)

  1. -year-old
  2. also forms similar terms related to age
    L'anno prossimo diventa maggiorenne.
    She comes of age next year.

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-annjē, dative inflection of the infinitive -an; equivalent to -an + -e

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-enne

  1. Forms the inflected infinitive of verbs.
    to farenne [Mt. Bos. 8, 21]
    to go-∅

Usage notes

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  • The inflected infinitive is preceded by the preposition .
  • On contracted verbs, this ending reduced to just -ne: fōnne, hōnne, tēonne.
  • The form -anne was very common; this is traditionally taken as influence from the uninflected infinitive -an, but Versloot suggests that since -anne was attested earlier, it must have been original and i-umlaut therefore did not apply in the context of *-annjē. It is also possible that -enne reflects a reduction of -anne, but -anne, -annae is in turn a levelling of a prehistoric *-ennǣ.
  • This suffix was used with Class I weak verbs and strong verbs; Class II weak verbs used the related -ienne and -ianne.

Descendants

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  • Middle English: -ene, -ende (mostly early)

See also

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