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-ene

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English

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Etymology 1

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

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-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
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Etymology 2

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

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

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derivative suffixes
terms derived from "-ene"
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Etymology 3

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Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic

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-ene

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

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Etymology

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

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-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”)

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    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:
    -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”)

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Latvian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From -enis +‎ -e (fem.).

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-ene

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

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Latvian terms suffixed with -ene

Middle Dutch

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Pronoun

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-ene

  1. Enclitic form of hem; accusative of hi

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English -ena.

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-ene

  1. Used to form the genitive plural of nouns.

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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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Danish -ene

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-ene

  1. suffix added to most of definite plural nouns

Norwegian Nynorsk

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-ene

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

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-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
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