-ene
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ene"
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-iːn/
Etymology 1
From Latin -ēnus, from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós), forming adjectives from place names.
Suffix
-ene
See also
References
- “-ene, suffix”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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
derivative suffixes
terms derived from "-ene"
- acetylene
- anthracene
- benzene
- butadiene
- camphene
- carotene
- cymene
- ethene
- ethylene
- fullerene
- indene
- isoprene
- limonene
- lycopene
- mesitylene
- methylene
- naphthalene
- naphthene
- neoprene
- nitrobenzene
- phenanthrene
- phenylene
- pinene
- polyene
- polyethylene
- polypropylene
- polystyrene
- polythene
- propene
- propylene
- pyrene
- retene
- retinene
- squalene
- stearoptene
- stilbene
- styrene
- terpene
- toluene
- trinitrotoluene
- xanthene
- xylene
Translations
alkene
aromatic hydrocarbon of benzene
References
- “-ene, comb. form”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Suffix
-ene
- a single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛnɛ]
Suffix
-ene
Usage notes
Conditional indefinite – personal endings
Person | Back vowel |
Front vowel | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
unrounded | rounded | |||
én | 1st person singular | -nék | ||
after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anék | -enék | ||
te | 2nd person singular | -nál | -nél | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anál | -enél | ||
ő maga ön |
3rd person singular | -na | -ne | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-ana | -ene | ||
mi | 1st person plural | -nánk | -nénk | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anánk | -enénk | ||
ti | 2nd person plural | -nátok | -nétek | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anátok | -enétek | ||
ők maguk önök |
3rd person plural | -nának | -nének | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anának | -enének | ||
See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. |
- (conditional suffix) Variants:
See also
- Category:Hungarian verb forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Latvian
Alternative forms
Suffix
-ene
Derived terms
Latvian terms suffixed with -ene
Norwegian Bokmål
Suffix
-ene
- suffix added to most of definite plural nouns
Norwegian Nynorsk
Suffix
-ene
- Used to form definite plurals for most feminine nouns.
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