-ena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ena"

Catalan

Suffix

-ena

  1. feminine singular of
  2. feminine singular of

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ ɛna]

Suffix

-ena f (noun-forming suffix)

  1. forms feminine nouns from adjectives
    starý + ‎-ena → ‎stařena

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -ena

Further reading

  • -ena/-eňa in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From English -ene, from the Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós) feminine patronymic suffix.

Suffix

-ena

  1. -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
Derived terms
derivative suffixes
  • -diena
  • -enil
terms derived from "-ena"
  • antrasena
  • asetilena
  • benzena
  • butadiena
  • etena
  • etilena
  • fenantrena
  • fenilena
  • fulerena
  • indena
  • isoprena
  • kamfena
  • karotena
  • likopena
  • limonena
  • mesitilena
  • metilena
  • naftalena
  • naftena
  • neoprena
  • nitrobenzena
  • pinena
  • pirena
  • poliena
  • polietilena
  • polipropilena
  • polistirena
  • politena
  • propena
  • propilena
  • retena
  • retinena
  • simena
  • skualena
  • stearoptena
  • stilbena
  • stirena
  • terpena
  • toluena
  • trinitrotoluena
  • xantena
  • xilena
See also

Etymology 2

From English -ene. Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic.

Suffix

-ena

  1. a single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms
Derived terms
  • fosforena
  • germanena
  • grafena
  • silisena
  • stanena

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːna/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːna
  • Hyphenation: -en‧a

Suffix

-ena

  1. definite plural form of -en

Anagrams

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.nɑ/

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ena

  1. Forms the genitive plural of n-stem masculine, n-stem feminine, and some ō-stem feminine nouns
    stela (stalk) + ‎-ena → ‎stelena (stalks')
Descendants
  • Middle English: -ene, -en

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ena (Early West Saxon)

  1. Forms the weak genitive plural of adjectives
    þāra blindena manna
    of the blind men

Spanish

Suffix

-ena

  1. feminine singular of -eno
  2. feminine of -eno