pene-

See also: pene, pené, péne, peñe, and peñé

English

Alternative forms

• pen- before a vowel

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin paene (“almost”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpiːni/, /piːni/, /ˌpiːn/, /piːn/, /pən/

Prefix

pene-

1. Almost the thing or quality expressed by the root, as peneplain (almost a plain), peninsula (almost an island), penultimate (almost the last), penumbra (almost in shadow)

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with pene-

• penacute
• penadjacent
• penannular
• penecontemporaneous
• peneplain
• peneplanation
• peneseismic
• peninsula
• peninsulate
• peninvariant
• penultimate
• penumbra

 

See also

• quasi-
• semi-
• para-

Anagrams

• neep, peen