English Explanatory Dictionary

-ene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants.
  2. Forms adjectives and nouns denoting religious groups from personal names.
suffix
  1. An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene.
  2. An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene.
  3. A polymer derived from an alkene.
suffix
  1. A single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms.

Pronunciation

-ēn /-iːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--ene.wav /-in/

Word forms

-ene -enes

Etymology

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

Related words

-ine -ane -ein -in -yne

Derived words

-diene -enyl 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
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