-ene — English Dictionary

Suffix

1. Forms adjectives relating to places and nouns for their inhabitants.

   Usage

   • morpheme
   • not-comparable

   Examples

   Cairo + -ene → Cairene

   Damascus + -ene → Damascene

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   Madrileño + -ene → Madrilene

2. Forms adjectives and nouns denoting religious groups from personal names.

   Usage

   • morpheme
   • not-comparable

   Examples

   Rogers + -ene → Rogerene

   Hagar + -ene → Hagarene

Suffix

1. An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one double bond; an alkene.

   Usage

   • morpheme

2. An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene.

   Usage

   • morpheme

3. A polymer derived from an alkene.

   Usage

   • morpheme

Suffix

1. A single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms.

   Usage

   • morpheme