-ene
/-iːn/US/-in/
-ene suffix: forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants.
Suffix (1)
-ene (adjective-forming suffix, not comparable)
- Forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants.
- Cairo + -ene → Cairene
- Damascus + -ene → Damascene
- Forms adjectives and nouns denoting religious groups from personal names.
- Rogers + -ene → Rogerene
- Hagar + -ene → Hagarene
Suffix (2)
-ene (noun-forming suffix, plural -enes)
- An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene.
- An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene.
- A polymer derived from an alkene.
Suffix (3)
-ene (noun-forming suffix, plural -enes)
- A single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms.
-ene meaning in Hindi
-ene in Hindi
- polymer of an alkene
- एन्य enya
Forms of -ene
| plural | -enes |
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Origin of -ene
Borrowed from Latin -ēnus, from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós), forming adjectives from place names.
Borrowed from French -ène, chosen by French chemist Jean-Baptiste Dumas to avoid confusion with chemicals in -ine.
Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic.
Words formed from -ene
- acetylene
- anthracene
- benzene
- butadiene
- camphene
- carotene
- cymene
- ethene
- ethylene
- fullerene
- indene
- isoprene
- limonene
- lycopene
- mesitylene
- methylene
- naphthalene
- naphthene
- neoprene
- nitrobenzene
- phenanthrene
- phenylene
- pinene
- polyene
- polyethylene
- polypropylene
- polystyrene
- polythene
- propene
- propylene
- pyrene
- retene
- retinene
- squalene
- stearoptene
- stilbene
- styrene
- terpene
- toluene
- trinitrotoluene
- xanthene
- xylene
- germanene
- graphene
- phosphorene
- silicene
- stanene
- -diene
- -enyl
Words that rhyme with -ene
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- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
- lien
Questions about -ene
- What does -ene mean?
- -ene means forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants.
- What is -ene in Hindi?
- -ene in Hindi is एन्य (enya). See -ene meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is -ene?
- -ene is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -ene?
- -ene is pronounced /-iːn/ (UK).
Words near -ene in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: -ene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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