-eno

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eno"

Chuukese

Suffix

-eno

1. completely

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ēnus, an extended form of -nus (suffix used to form distributive/collective numerals). Cognate with Catalan -è.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-eno/

Adjective

-eno m (feminine -ena, masculine plural -enos, feminine plural -enas)

1. suffix used to form ordinal numerals.

Derived terms

Old Spanish terms suffixed with -eno

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French -ène.

Suffix

-eno m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enos)

1. (chemistry) -ene (forms the names of alkenes)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin -ēnus.

Suffix

-eno (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ena, masculine plural -enos, feminine plural -enas)
-eno m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enos, feminine -ena, feminine plural -enas)

1. -ean (forms demonyms)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-eno

1. Eye dialect spelling of -endo, representing Northeast Brazil Portuguese.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• -ano, -eño

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin -ēnus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin from a noun.

Suffix

-eno (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ena, masculine plural -enos, feminine plural -enas)
-eno m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enos, feminine -ena, feminine plural -enas)

1. (as an adjective) Coming from, related to, or like
2. (as a noun) One from, belonging to, relating to, or like

Usage notes

• Forms adjectives from nouns, but the adjectives in turn often come to be used as nouns.

‎Chile (“Chile”) + ‎-eno → ‎chileno (“Chilean”, adjective) → ‎chileno (“Chilean”, noun)

Etymology 2

-eno m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enos)

1. (organic chemistry) -ene (forms names of alkenes)

Further reading

• “-eno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16