-ena
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ena"
Catalan
Suffix
-ena
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ ɛna]
Suffix
-ena f (noun-forming suffix)
Derived terms
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
- -ene
- (organic chemistry) an unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene
- (organic chemistry) an aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene
- 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
- 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
Anagrams
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.nɑ/
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- -ana — early
Suffix
-ena
- Forms the genitive plural of n-stem masculine, n-stem feminine, and some ō-stem feminine nouns
Descendants
Etymology 2
Suffix
-ena (Early West Saxon)
- Forms the weak genitive plural of adjectives
Spanish
Suffix
-ena