-ene

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ene"

English

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós) feminine patronymic suffix.

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.

Derived terms
derivative suffixes
terms derived from "-ene"
Translations
See also

Further reading

Etymology 2

Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic

Suffix

-ene

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

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɛnɛ]

Suffix

-ene

  1. (personal suffix) Used to form 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
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.
  • (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -na is added to most back vowel verbs
    vár (“to wait”) → várna (“he/she would wait”)
    -ne is added to most front vowel verbs
    kér (“to ask”) → 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”) → mondana (“he/she would say something”)
    tanít (“to teach”) → 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”) → festene (“he/she would paint”)
    segít (“to help”) → segítene (“he/she would help”)

See also
  • Category:Hungarian verb forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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
Latvian terms suffixed with -ene

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.
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