eñe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ene"

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɲe/ [e.ɲe]
• Rhymes: -eɲe, -e
• Hyphenation: e‧ñe

Noun

eñe inan

1. The name of the Latin script letter Ñ/ñ.

Declension

Declension of eñe (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	eñe	eñea	eñeak	eñeok
ergative	eñek	eñeak	eñeek	eñeok
dative	eñeri	eñeari	eñeei	eñeoi
genitive	eñeren	eñearen	eñeen	eñeon
comitative	eñerekin	eñearekin	eñeekin	eñeokin
causative	eñerengatik	eñearengatik	eñeengatik	eñeongatik
benefactive	eñerentzat	eñearentzat	eñeentzat	eñeontzat
instrumental	eñez	eñeaz	eñeez	eñeotaz
innesive	eñetan	eñean	eñeetan	eñeotan
locative	eñetako	eñeko	eñeetako	eñeotako
allative	eñetara	eñera	eñeetara	eñeotara
terminative	eñetaraino	eñeraino	eñeetaraino	eñeotaraino
directive	eñetarantz	eñerantz	eñeetarantz	eñeotarantz
destinative	eñetarako	eñerako	eñeetarako	eñeotarako
ablative	eñetatik	eñetik	eñeetatik	eñeotatik
partitive	eñerik	—	—	—
prolative	eñetzat	—	—	—

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Further reading

• “eñe”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Galician

Alternative forms

• enhe (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɲe/ [ˈɛ.ɲɪ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛɲe

Noun

eñe m (plural eñes)

1. The name of the Latin script letter Ñ/ñ.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; a, be, ce, de, e, efe, gue, hache, i, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, que, erre, ese, te, u, uve, xe, ceta / zeta

Further reading

• “eñe”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɲe/ [ˈe.ɲe]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -eɲe
• Syllabification: e‧ñe

Noun

eñe f (plural eñes)

1. The name of the Latin script letter Ñ/ñ.

Descendants

• → Tagalog: enye, eñe

Further reading

• “eñe”, 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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• enye

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish eñe, the Spanish name of the letter Ñ / ñ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔenje/ [ˈʔɛː.ɲɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈʔenje/ [ˈʔɛn̪.jɛ]
• Rhymes: -enje
• Syllabification: e‧ñe

Noun

eñe (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜌᜒ)

1. (historical) the name of the Latin script letter Ñ/ñ, in the Abecedario

   Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) enye

2. alternative form of enye