-eno

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eno"

Chuukese

Suffix

-eno

1. completely

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.no/

Suffix

-eno

1. inflection of -en:
   1. strong nominative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative neuter plural

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ēnus, an extended form of -nus (suffix used to form distributive/collective numerals). Cognate with Catalan -è.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-eno/

Adjective

-eno m (feminine -ena, masculine plural -enos, feminine plural -enas)

1. suffix used to form ordinal numerals.

Derived terms

Old Spanish terms suffixed with -eno

catorzeno

dezeno

dozeno

noveno

onzeno

quinzeno

seteno

trezeno

veynteno

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin -ēnus.

Suffix

-eno (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ena, masculine plural -enos, feminine plural -enas)

1. -th (forms an ordinal number from a cardinal number)

   ‎nove (“nine”) + ‎-eno → ‎noveno (“ninth”)

   ‎doze (“twelve”) + ‎-eno → ‎dozeno (“twelfth”)

   ‎treze (“thirteen”) + ‎-eno → ‎trezeno (“thirteenth”)

2. -ean (forms demonyms)

Suffix

-eno m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enos, feminine -ena, feminine plural -enas)

1. -th (forms an ordinal number from a cardinal number)

   ‎nove (“nine”) + ‎-eno → ‎noveno (“ninth”)

   ‎doze (“twelve”) + ‎-eno → ‎dozeno (“twelfth”)

   ‎treze (“thirteen”) + ‎-eno → ‎trezeno (“thirteenth”)

2. -ean (forms demonyms)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French -ène.

Suffix

-eno m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enos)

1. (chemistry) -ene (forms the names of alkenes)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-eno (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

1. eye dialect spelling of -endo, representing Northeast Brazil Portuguese

Further reading

• “-eno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• -ano, -eño

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeno/ [ˈe.no]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: -e‧no

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin -ēnus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun.

Suffix

-eno (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ena, masculine plural -enos, feminine plural -enas)
-eno m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enos, feminine -ena, feminine plural -enas)

1. (as an adjective) Coming from, related to, or like
2. (as a noun) One from, belonging to, relating to, or like

Usage notes

• Forms adjectives from nouns, but the adjectives in turn often come to be used as nouns.

‎Chile (“Chile”) + ‎-eno → ‎chileno (“Chilean”, adjective) → ‎chileno (“Chilean”, noun)

Etymology 2

Suffix

-eno m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enos)

1. (organic chemistry) -ene (forms names of alkenes)

Further reading

• “-eno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025