-ene
An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene.
Suffix chemistry, natural sciences
- An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene.
- An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene.
- A polymer derived from an alkene.
Origin
Borrowed from French -ène, chosen by French chemist Jean-Baptiste Dumas to avoid confusion with chemicals in -ine.
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Derived
-diene -enyl acetylene anthracene benzene butadiene camphene carotene cymene ethene ethylene fullerene indene isoprene limonene lycopene mesitylene methylene naphthalene naphthene neoprene nitrobenzene phenanthrene phenylene
Suffix morpheme, 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
Origin
Borrowed from Latin -ēnus, from Ancient Greek -ηνός (-ēnós), forming adjectives from place names.
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Suffix morpheme
- A single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms.
Origin
Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic.