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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin -ēnus, from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós), forming adjectives from place names.
Suffix
-ene
- Forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants.
- Cairo + -ene → Cairene
- Damascus + -ene → Damascene
- 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
- (organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene.
- (organic chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene.
- A polymer derived from an alkene.
Usage notes
The common names of some other organic compounds also end in ene.
Derived terms
Translations
aromatic hydrocarbon of benzene
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Etymology 3
Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic
Suffix
-ene
- a single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms
Derived terms
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
From -e- (linking vowel) + -ne (conditional suffix).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ene
- (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 indefinite – personal endings
- (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
Etymology
From -enis + -e (fem.).
Suffix
-ene
- female equivalent of -enis (for female beings)
- feminine of -enis (for feminine-gender objects)
Derived terms
Middle Dutch
Pronoun
-ene
- Enclitic form of hem; accusative of hi
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English -ena.
Suffix
-ene
- Used to form the genitive plural of nouns.
Usage notes
Originally used only for weak nouns in Old English, this suffix was also used for etymologically strong nouns in some Early Middle English dialects, e.g., kingene king (king of kings). Its use was also influenced by the adjectival suffix -en.
References
- “-en(e”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 October 2024.
- “-en, suf.(8).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 October 2024.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish -ene
Suffix
-ene
- suffix added to most of definite plural nouns
Norwegian Nynorsk
Suffix
-ene
- Used to form definite plurals for most feminine nouns.
Old English
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ene
- inflection of -en:
- dative singular
- strong accusative feminine singular
- strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular
- strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
- weak nominative feminine/neuter singular
- weak accusative neuter singular