-ene
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- An unsaturated organic compound, especially one containing a double bond between carbon atoms:
不饱和有机化合物：未饱和的有机化合物，尤指包含有碳原子间双键的碳化合物：
ethylene.
乙烯
语源
- From Greek -ēnē [feminine adj. suff]
源自 希腊语 -ēnē [阳性形容词后缀]
-ene
combining form in countable noun
(in chemistry) indicating an unsaturated compound containing double bonds
⇒
benzene
⇒
ethylene
Origin
from Greek -ēnē, feminine patronymic suffix-ene
Word Origin
Chemistry.
1
a suffix used to form names of unsaturated hydrocarbons (anthracene; benzene), especially those of the alkene series (butylene).
Origin
< Greek -ēnē, feminine of -ēnos, adj. suffix denoting origin or source
Related Words
- acetylene
- alkene
- amylene
- anthracene
- asphaltene
- benzene
-ene1. a noun suffix used in chemistry, in names of hydrocarbons, as anthracene, benzene, naphthalene, specifically those of the olefin or ethylene series, as butylene.
2. a generalised suffix used in trademarks for substances, often implying synthetic manufacture.
[special use of -ene, adjective suffix (as in terrene), from Latin -ēnus (in Greek -ēnos)]-ene
suffix
benzene
especially : carbon compound with one double bond
ethylene
suffix
ETYMOLOGY International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek -ēnē, feminine of -ēnos, adjective suffix
: unsaturated carbon compoundbenzene
especially : carbon compound with one double bond
ethylene
-ene
suffix
1.
- denoting an inhabitant表示“居民”：
-
Nazarene.
2.
- Chemistry forming names of unsaturated hydrocarbons containing a double bond【化】表示“烯”：
-
benzene
ethylene.
词源
from Greek -ēnos.
-ene
hydrocarbon suffix, from Greek name-forming element -ene. It has no real meaning in itself; in chemistry terminology probably abstracted from methylene(1834). Put in systematic use by Hofmann (1865).
-ene
unsaturated carbon compound:
unsaturated carbon compound:
benzene, propene
ORIGIN: Alt. of -ine 5
-ene
a suffix used in forming the names of many hydrocarbons, especially the olefin series, as in benzene, naphthalene.
[< Latin -ēnus, an adjective suffix]
E.N.E., ENE (no periods), or e.n.e.
east-northeast.
-ene
\ˌēn sometimes ˈēn\ noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek -ēnē (feminine patronymic suffix)
: unsaturated carbon compound
< benzene >
especially : carbon compound characterized by the presence of one double bond
< propene >
— in names of straight-chain hydrocarbons; distinguished from -ane, -yne; compare -ylene
< benzene >
especially
< propene >
— in names of straight-chain hydrocarbons; distinguished from -ane, -yne; compare -ylene
-ene 1
Suffix
- 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.
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek feminine patronymic suffix.
Usage notes
The common names of some other organic compounds also end in ene.
Derived terms
derivative suffixes
terms derived from "-ene"
See also
-ene 2
Suffix
- a single-atom thick two-dimensional layer of atoms
Etymology
Derived from graphene, expressing its monolayer characteristic