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-ene en · X · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /-in/ (Canada, General-American, Scotland)
• /-iːn/ (Australia, India, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
• -ēn

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (morpheme, not-comparable) Forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants.
   • Damascus + -ene → Damascene
   • Madrileño + -ene → Madrilene
   • Cairo + -ene → Cairene
2. (morpheme, not-comparable) Forms adjectives and nouns denoting religious groups from personal names.
   • Hagar + -ene → Hagarene
   • Rogers + -ene → Rogerene

Relateds

-ine

-ene en · X · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /-in/ (Canada, General-American, Scotland)
• /-iːn/ (Australia, India, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
• -ēn

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (morpheme) An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene.
2. (morpheme) An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene.
3. (morpheme) A polymer derived from an alkene.

Forms

Deriveds

polypropylene (terms derived from "-ene") · naphthene (terms derived from "-ene") · carotene (terms derived from "-ene") · polyene (terms derived from "-ene") · nitrobenzene (terms derived from "-ene") · polyethylene (terms derived from "-ene") · fullerene (terms derived from "-ene") · toluene (terms derived from "-ene") · benzene (terms derived from "-ene") · naphthalene (terms derived from "-ene") · polystyrene (terms derived from "-ene") · phenanthrene (terms derived from "-ene") · anthracene (terms derived from "-ene") · polythene (terms derived from "-ene") · trinitrotoluene (terms derived from "-ene") · indene (terms derived from "-ene") · butadiene (terms derived from "-ene") · -diene (derivative suffixes) · neoprene (terms derived from "-ene") · propene (terms derived from "-ene") · ethene (terms derived from "-ene") · pyrene (terms derived from "-ene") · -enyl (derivative suffixes) · xanthene (terms derived from "-ene") · mesitylene (terms derived from "-ene") · methylene (terms derived from "-ene") · styrene (terms derived from "-ene") · acetylene (terms derived from "-ene") · stearoptene (terms derived from "-ene") · ethylene (terms derived from "-ene") · retinene (terms derived from "-ene") · limonene (terms derived from "-ene") · pinene (terms derived from "-ene") · camphene (terms derived from "-ene") · cymene (terms derived from "-ene") · xylene (terms derived from "-ene") · terpene (terms derived from "-ene") · propylene (terms derived from "-ene") · phenylene (terms derived from "-ene") · isoprene (terms derived from "-ene") · retene (terms derived from "-ene") · stilbene (terms derived from "-ene") · squalene (terms derived from "-ene") · lycopene (terms derived from "-ene")

Relateds

-yne · -ein · -ine · -ane · -in

Translations (23)

fi -eeni (aromatic hydrocarbon of benzene) · it -ene (alkene) · fi -eeni (polymer of an alkene) · nb -en (alkene) · de -en (alkene) · nb -en (polymer of an alkene) · fr -ène (alkene) · ga -éin (alkene) · pt -eno (alkene) · id -ena (alkene) · da -en (alkene) · hi -एन्य (alkene) · nb -en (aromatic hydrocarbon of benzene) · nl -een (alkene) · sv -en (alkene) · cmn -烯 (alkene) · hi -एन्य (aromatic hydrocarbon of benzene) · fi -eeni (alkene) · hi एन्य (polymer of an alkene) · pl -en (alkene) · ca -è (alkene) · es -eno (alkene) · hu -én (alkene)

wikipedia: Jean-Baptiste Dumas

-ene en · X · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /-in/ (Canada, General-American, Scotland)
• /-iːn/ (Australia, India, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation)
• -ēn

Etymology

Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic.

Meanings

1. (morpheme) A single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms.

Forms

Deriveds

silicene · germanene · phosphorene · stanene · graphene