-ene
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-ene¹
- /-iːn/ Australia, India, New Zealand
- /-in/ Canada, US, Scotland
Rhymes with -iːn
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin -ēnus, from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós), forming adjectives from place names.
suffix
- Forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants. Cairo + -ene → Cairene
- Forms adjectives and nouns denoting religious groups from personal names. Rogers + -ene → Rogerene
-ene²
- /-iːn/ Australia, India, New Zealand
- /-in/ Canada, US, Scotland
Rhymes with -iːn
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French -ène, chosen by French chemist Jean-Baptiste Dumas to avoid confusion with chemicals in -ine.
suffix -enes
- An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene.
- An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene.
- A polymer derived from an alkene.
-ene³
- /-iːn/ Australia, India, New Zealand
- /-in/ Canada, US, Scotland
Rhymes with -iːn
Where it comes from
Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic.
suffix -enes
- A single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms.
Translations
Talk about this word "-ene." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-ene. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. -ene. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-ene "-ene." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-ene.Cite this
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title = {-ene},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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