-ene

Australia, India, New Zealand, UK/-iːn/Canada, US, Scotland/-in/

suffix

Forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants.

“Cairo + -ene → Cairene”

OriginLatin -ēnus ← Ancient Greek -ηνός →
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Meanings

-ene1

suffix-ene (adjective-forming suffix, not comparable)
  1. not comparableForms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants.

    Cairo + -ene → Cairene

    2 more examples

    Damascus + -ene → Damascene

    Madrileño + -ene → Madrilene

  2. not comparableForms adjectives and nouns denoting religious groups from personal names.

    Hagar + -ene → Hagarene

    1 more example

    Rogers + -ene → Rogerene

-ene2

suffix-ene (noun-forming suffix, plural -enes)

plural -enes

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

-ene3

suffix-ene (noun-forming suffix, plural -enes)

plural -enes

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
-ylene

Origin

-ene · suffix

  1. Ancient Greek-ηνός
  2. Latin-ēnus
  3. English-ene

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

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-ene · suffix

  1. French-ène
  2. English-ene

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

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-ene · suffix

Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic.

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Translations

Catalan -è
  • -èalkene
Chinese Mandarin -烯
  • -烯 (-xī)alkene
Danish -en
  • -enalkene
Dutch -een
  • -eenalkene
Finnish -eeni, -eeni
  • -eenialkene
  • -eeniaromatic hydrocarbon of benzene
  • -eenipolymer of an alkene
French -ène
  • -ènealkene
German -en
  • -enalkene
Hindi -एन्य, -एन्य
  • -एन्य (-enya)alkene
  • -एन्य (-enya)aromatic hydrocarbon of benzene
  • एन्य (enya)polymer of an alkene
Hungarian -én
  • -énalkene
Indonesian -ena
  • -enaalkene
Irish -éin
  • -éinalkene
Italian -ene
  • -enealkene
Norwegian Bokmål -en, -en
  • -enalkene
  • -enaromatic hydrocarbon of benzene
  • -enpolymer of an alkene
Polish -en
  • -enalkene
Portuguese -eno
  • -enoalkene
Spanish -eno
  • -enoalkene
Swedish -en
  • -enalkene

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with -ene

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Cite this entry
APA

-ene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ene

MLA

“-ene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ene. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-ene,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ene.

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