-ene

See also: ene, Ene, ENE, êne, eñe, enë, and -ené

English

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek feminine patronymic suffix.

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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.

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Etymology 2

Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic

Suffix

-ene

  1. a single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms
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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”) → segítene (“he/she would help”)

Usage notes

  • (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. feminine form of -enis

Derived terms

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Middle Dutch

Pronoun

-ene

  1. Enclitic form of hem; accusative of hi
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