-ene

• IPA^(key): /-iːn/

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

-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

• -ine

• “-ene, suffix”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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

-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.

The common names of some other organic compounds also end in ene.

• “-ene, comb. form”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic

-ene

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

• -een, Nee, e'en, een, nee, née

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

• IPA^(key): [ɛnɛ]

-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”)

• (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”)

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

• -iene

From -enis +‎ -e (fem.).

-ene

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

-ene

1. Enclitic form of hem; accusative of hi

• -en

From Old English -ena.

-ene

1. Used to form the genitive plural of nouns.

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.

• “-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.

From Danish -ene

-ene

1. suffix added to most of definite plural nouns

-ene

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

• IPA^(key): /e.ne/

-ene

1. inflection of -en:
   1. dative singular
   2. strong accusative feminine singular
   3. strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular
   4. strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
   5. weak nominative feminine/neuter singular
   6. weak accusative neuter singular