enne

Elfdalian

Noun

enne n

1. forehead

Inflection

stem=strong ''ja''-stem

Estonian

Etymology 1

Related to Finnish enne. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈenˑe/,

Noun

enne (genitive ende, partitive ennet)

1. omen

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈenːe/,

Preposition

enne

1. before

Finnish

Etymology

enn- +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈenːeˣ/,
• Rhymes: -enːe
• Syllabification^(key): en‧ne

Noun

enne

1. omen, sign, token, portent, auspice; bode, boding

   paha enne ― foreboding, bad omen

   olla hyvä enne ― to bode well (for the future)

   olla huono enne ― to bode ill (for the future)

   nimi on enne ― nomen est omen

Declension

Synonyms

• ennusmerkki

Derived terms

Related terms

• ennustaa
• ennustaja
• ennustaminen
• enteillä

Further reading

• “enne”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• -neen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛn/

Noun

enne m (plural ennes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter N.

Hungarian

Etymology

From a modified e(sz)- stem of eszik (“to eat”) +‎ -ne (personal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: en‧ne

Verb

enne

1. third-person singular conditional present indefinite of eszik

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈenːe/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈenːe/,
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈenːe/,
• Rhymes: -enː, -enːe
• Hyphenation: en‧ne

Adverb

enne

1. Alternative form of ennen
   • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:

     Oli enne kunigas, ja kunikaal oli kolt poikaa.

     Once upon a time, there was a king and the king had three sons.

     (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)

Preposition

enne (+ partitive)

1. Alternative form of ennen
   • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking own way]”, in Inkeri‎, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:

     A mitä siin oli enne sottaa?

     And what was there before the war?

   • 2021, Kati Kallio, Riho Grünthal, Lasi Saressalo, quoting Olga Filatova, Inkerikot, setot ja vatjalaiset (overall work in Finnish), →ISBN, page 40:

     Ennee sottaa mittää sitä vennään keeltä meil ei olt - kaik oli oma keeli!

     Before the war we didn't have any Russian language - everything was our own language!

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 33
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 25
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 52

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.ne/
• Rhymes: -ɛnne
• Hyphenation: èn‧ne

Etymology 1

From Latin en (the name of the letter N).

Noun

enne m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter N.

Derived terms

• ennesimo

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

enne f pl

1. plural of enna

Middle English

Article

enne

1. accusative masculine of an

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• ānne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːnːe/,

Numeral

ēnne

1. accusative singular masculine of ēn

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

Southern Ohlone

Verb

enne

1. paint
2. write

Votic

Etymology

From the genitive or instructive singular of Proto-Finnic *enci. Cognates include Finnish ennen, Ingrian ennen and Estonian enne.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈenːe/, , /ˈenːeː/,
• Rhymes: -enːe, -enːeː
• Hyphenation: en‧ne

Preposition

enne

1. (~ + partitive) before

   Synonym: eez

Adverb

enne

1. before, once upon a time

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “enne”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn