-ene

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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin -ēnus, from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós), forming adjectives from place names.

Suffix

-ene

  1. Forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants.
    Cairo + ‎-ene → ‎Cairene
    Damascus + ‎-ene → ‎Damascene
  2. Forms adjectives and nouns denoting religious groups from personal names.
    Rogers + ‎-ene → ‎Rogerene
    Hagar + ‎-ene → ‎Hagarene
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from French -ène, chosen by French chemist Jean-Baptiste Dumas to avoid confusion with chemicals in -ine.

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.

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derivative suffixes
terms derived from "-ene"
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Etymology 3

Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic

Suffix

-ene

  1. a single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms
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Hungarian

Etymology

From -e- (linking vowel) +‎ -ne (conditional suffix).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ene

  1. (conditional suffix) Forms the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).
    segít (to help) + ‎-ene → ‎segítene (he/she would help)

Usage notes

  • (conditional suffix) Variants:
    -na is added to most back vowel verbs
    vár (to wait) + ‎-na → ‎várna (he/she would wait)
    -ne is added to most front vowel verbs
    kér (to ask) + ‎-ne → ‎kérne (he/she would ask)
    -ana is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions: áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)
    mond (to say something) + ‎-ana → ‎mondana (he/she would say something)
    tanít (to teach) + ‎-ana → ‎tanítana (he/she would teach)
    -ene is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
    fest (to paint) + ‎-ene → ‎festene (he/she would paint)
    segít (to help) + ‎-ene → ‎segítene (he/she would help)

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Latvian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From -enis +‎ -e (fem.).

Suffix

-ene

  1. female equivalent of -enis (for female beings)
  2. feminine of -enis (for feminine-gender objects)

Derived terms

Middle Dutch

Pronoun

-ene

  1. Enclitic form of hem; accusative of hi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish -ene

Suffix

-ene

  1. suffix added to most of definite plural nouns

Norwegian Nynorsk

Suffix

-ene

  1. Used to form definite plurals for most feminine nouns.