English

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.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• -ane
• -yne

Etymology 2

Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic

Suffix

-ene

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

Derived terms

• germanene
• graphene
• phosphorene
• silicene
• stanene

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

• -iene

Etymology

From -enis +‎ -e ‎(“fem.”).

Suffix

-ene

1. feminine form of -enis

Derived terms