ene

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ene"

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Asturian

Noun

ene f (plural enes)

1. The name of the Latin script letter N/n.

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ene/, [e̞.ne̞]

Etymology 1

Pronoun

ene

1. genitive of ni

   Synonym: nire

Etymology 2

Interjection

ene

1. oh my

Etymology 3

Noun

ene inan

1. The name of the Latin script letter N/n.

Declension

Declension of ene (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	ene	enea	eneak	eneok
ergative	enek	eneak	eneek	eneok
dative	eneri	eneari	eneei	eneoi
genitive	eneren	enearen	eneen	eneon
comitative	enerekin	enearekin	eneekin	eneokin
causative	enerengatik	enearengatik	eneengatik	eneongatik
benefactive	enerentzat	enearentzat	eneentzat	eneontzat
instrumental	enez	eneaz	eneez	eneotaz
inessive	enetan	enean	eneetan	eneotan
locative	enetako	eneko	eneetako	eneotako
allative	enetara	enera	eneetara	eneotara
terminative	enetaraino	eneraino	eneetaraino	eneotaraino
directive	enetarantz	enerantz	eneetarantz	eneotarantz
destinative	enetarako	enerako	eneetarako	eneotarako
ablative	enetatik	enetik	eneetatik	eneotatik
partitive	enerik	—	—	—
prolative	enetzat	—	—	—

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈe̞.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈe.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈe.ne]

Noun

ene f (plural enes)

1. (Valencia) alternative form of ena

Further reading

• “ene” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eini, related to einn (“one”).

Alternative forms

• éne

Adjective

ene

1. alone
2. lonely

Synonyms

• alene
• ensom

Pronoun

ene

1. definite of en

Etymology 2

From Old Norse einir.

Noun

ene c (singular definite enen, plural indefinite ener)

1. (botany) juniper

Declension

Declension of ene

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ene	enen	ener	enerne
genitive	enes	enens	eners	enernes

Synonyms

• enebær
• enebærbusk

Dongxiang

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mongolic *e-ne (“this”). Cognate with Mongolian энэ (ene, “this”), Buryat энэ (ene, “this”), Kalmyk эн (en, “this”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈnə/

Determiner

ene

1. (demonstrative) this

   ene fa

   this time

Derived terms

• enedu

Pronoun

ene

1. (demonstrative) this

References

• Ma Guozhong (马国忠); Chen Yuanlong (陈元龙) (2012), “ene”, in 东乡语汉语词典 [Dongxiang-Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), 2nd edition, Lanzhou: 甘肃民族出版社, →ISBN, page 96

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.nə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ene
• Rhymes: -eːnə

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch êne.

Pronoun

ene (personal plural enen)

1. one (contrasting with another)

   Wil je die ene, of die andere?

   Do you want that one, or that other one?

Determiner

ene

1. one, a certain (followed by a name, possibly with a title or honorific)

   Het geval zou onderzocht zijn door ene Professor Armenio Sibello die zou hebben vastgesteld dat het niet langs normale, psychologische weg verklaard kon worden.

   The case was reportedly examined by a certain Professor Armenio Sibello who allegedly had determined that it could not be explained in a normal, psychological way.

2. (definite) one, specific

   Weet je nog die ene keer toen je in slaap viel in de klas?

   Do you remember that one time when you fell asleep during class?

3. (definite) one, single

   Oké, je mag opblijven, maar alleen voor deze ene keer.

   Okay, you can stay up late, but only this one time.

Alternative forms

• eene (obsolete)

Related terms

• een

Article

ene

1. (archaic) nominative/accusative feminine of een; a

Declension

Dutch indefinite article

	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	een	ene1	een
genitive1	eens	ener	eens
dative1	enen	ener	enen
accusative1	enen	ene	een
1) Archaic

Etymology 2

Numeral

ene

1. (informal) a-one; alternative form of een (“one”), used when counting rhythmically

   ene, tweeë, drieë ― a-one, a-two, a-three

Anagrams

• een, één, nee

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in

English inbor.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Old Latin en

Latin in

Italian inbor.

▲

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old High German in

Middle High German in

German inbor.

▲

Latin in

Catalan enbor.

▲

Latin in

Old French en

Middle French en

French enbor.

Hungarian enbor.

Occitan enbor.

Esperanto en

Esperanto -e

Esperanto ene

From en + -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈene/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ene
• Syllabification: e‧ne

Adverb

ene

1. within, used with "de"

   Ene de ĝiaj municipaj limoj, troviĝas la Monaĥejo de El Escorial kaj la monumento Valo de la Falintoj.^(VP)

   Within its municipal limits are found the Monastery of The Escorial and the monument Valley of the Fallen.

2. inwards

Antonyms

• ekstere

Further reading

• “ene”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “ene”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Ewe

Ewe numbers ^(edit)

	40
←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: ene     Ordinal: enelia

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-nɛ̃̄ or *è-nɛ̀. Cognates include Fon ɛnɛ̀, Saxwe Gbe ɛnɛ̀, Aja (West Africa) ɛnɛ, Gun ɛnɛ, Ayizo ènɛ̀, Western Xwla Gbe ɛ̀nɛ̀, Maxi Gbe ɛ̀nɛ̀ and Gen ènɛ̀.

Numeral

ene

1. four

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛne/ [ˈɛ.nɪ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛne

Noun

ene m (plural enes)

1. The name of the Latin script letter N/n.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; a, be, ce, de, e, efe, gue, hache, i, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, que, erre, ese, te, u, uve, xe, ceta / zeta

Further reading

• “ene”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “ene”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Isoko

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Edoid *-niə (“four”).

Numeral

ene

1. dated spelling of ịnị.

Italian

Alternative forms

• ène (alternative spelling)

Etymology

è (“is”, verb) +‎ -ne (epithetic syllable)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ne/
• Rhymes: -ɛne
• Hyphenation: è‧ne

Verb

ene

1. (obsolete, chiefly poetry, now only dialectal) alternative form of è (“[he/she/it] is”), third-person singular present indicative of essere
   • mid-to-late 11^th century, anonymous author, untitled document; collected in “Formola di confessione [Confession formulation]”, in Ernesto Monaci, editor, Crestomazia italiana dei primi secoli, con prospetto delle inflessioni grammaticali e glossario, volume 1, Città di Castello: S. Lapi, 1889, page 6, lines 37–38:

     se ttou judiciu ene ke tu ad altra penitentia no poze accorrere […]

     If your judgment is so that you cannot help with this penitence […]

   • c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures]‎^[1], page 1; copied, (manuscript), c. mid 13^th century:

     aꝺte ſolo altıſſımo ſe konfano ⁊ nullu homo ene dıgnu te mētouare. (Umbria)

     [A te solo, altissimo, se confanno, e nullu omo ene dignu te mentovare.]

     They [the praises] belong to you alone, o Most High; and no man is worthy of mentioning You.

   • 1350s, anonymous author, “Prologo e primo capitolo dove se demostra le rascione per le quale questa opera fatta fu [Preface and first chapter wherein the reason for which this work was made is shown]”, in Cronica [Chronicle]‎^[2]; republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:

     La prima, che omo trovarao alcuna cosa scritta la quale se revederao avenire in simile, donne conoscerao che·llo ditto de Salamone ène vero. Dice Salamone: «Non è cosa nova sotto lo sole, ché cosa che pare nova stata è». (Romanesco)

     The first one [reason] is that somebody will find in writing something which will be seen happening again in the same way; then, they will learn that Solomon's saying is true. Solomon says: "There are no new things under the sun, for a thing that appears new has [already] been".

Low German

Alternative forms

• eine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɪ̯nə/

Article

ene f (indefinite article)

1. inflected form of en

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [enʲe]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /jenʲej/
• Bender phonemes: {yȩnȩy}

Noun

ene

1. alternative form of āne

Middle English

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

	1	2  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: on     Ordinal: first     Adverbial: ene, enes, ones     Multiplier: sengle     Distributive: sengle

Alternative forms

• æne (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English ǣne, originally the instrumental singular of ān (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ̝ːn(ə)/

Adverb

ene

1. once (one time)

   Synonyms: enes, ones

References

• “ēne, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle Scots

Noun

ene

1. plural of ee

Nias

Noun

ene (mutated form nene)

1. sand
2. beach

Synonyms

• gawu

Derived terms

• baene

References

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 61.

North Wahgi

Noun

ene

1. sun

References

• Heather and Don Mc Lean, North Wahgi (Yu We) Organised Phonology Data (2005), p. 2

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Definite form of en (“one”)

Determiner

ene

1. one

   den ene etter den andre - one after another / one after the other

Derived terms

• enestående

References

• “ene” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “en” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.ni/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.ni/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ne/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.nɨ/

• Hyphenation: e‧ne

Noun

ene m (plural enes)

1. The name of the Latin script letter N/n.

   Synonym: nê

2. (informal) a often large, unspecified number; umpteen

   Synonym: dúzia

   Tenho ene coisas para fazer hoje! ― I have dozens of things to do today!

Derived terms

• enésimo

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é, efe, gê / guê, agá, i, jota, cá / capa, ele, eme, ene, ó, pê, quê, erre, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio, xis, ípsilon, zê

Further reading

• “ene”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ene”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈne/
• Hyphenation: e‧ne

Interjection

ené (Cyrillic spelling ене́)

1. (Torlakian) alternative form of eno

References

• Momčilo Zlatanović, Rečnik govora juga Srbije (provincijalizmi, dijalektizmi, varvarizmi i. dr.), Vranje, 2011.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈene/ [ˈe.ne]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ene
• Syllabification: e‧ne

Etymology 1

Adjective

ene (invariable)

1. (colloquial) a huge amount of, lots of, many

Derived terms

• enésimo

Adverb

ene

1. (colloquial) a lot

Etymology 2

Noun

ene f (plural enes)

1. The name of the Latin script letter N/n.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of enero.

Noun

ene m

1. alternative form of ene.: abbreviation of enero (“January”)

   Coordinate terms: feb, mar, abr, may, jun, jul, ago, sept, oct, nov, dic

Further reading

• “ene”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Pronoun

ene

1. one; masculine definite of en

   den ene mannen sade till den andre

   one man said to the other

Noun

ene n

1. wood of juniper (en)

Declension

Declension of ene

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ene	enes
	definite	enet	enets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ene, the Spanish name of the letter N / n.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔene/ [ˈʔɛː.n̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ene
• Syllabification: e‧ne

Noun

ene (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈᜒ)

1. (historical) the name of the Latin script letter N/n, in the Abecedario

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) en, (in the Abakada alphabet) na

Further reading

• “ene”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Tocharian B

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én, the same source as eneṃ (“inside”).

Preposition

ene

1. in

Derived terms

• enestai (“in secret, secretly”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “ene”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

Turkish

Noun

ene

1. dative singular of en

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin	ene‍
Cyrillic	эне‍
Arabic	انه

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈne/, [e̞ˈne̞]
• Hyphenation: e‧ne

Noun

ene

1. (formal, Yomut, Goklen) mother
2. (Teke) paternal grandmother

Umbundu

Pronoun

ene

1. you (second-person plural pronoun)

See also

Umbundu personal pronouns

	singular	plural
first person	ame	etu
second person	ove	ene
third person	eye	ovo

Venda

Pronoun

ene

1. he/she; him/her; third-person singular pronoun.

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly related to the stem found in Ternate ngone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.n̪e/

Pronoun

ene (possessive prefix nV)

1. first-person plural inclusive pronoun, we

   ene unge ― we three; the three of us

See also

West Makian personal pronouns

		independent	possessive prefix
1st person singular		de	ti
2nd person singular		ni	ni
3rd person singular		me	mVan., dVinan.
1st person plural	inclusive	ene	nV
	exclusive	imi	mi
2nd person plural		ini	fi
3rd person plural		eme	di

V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun,
following standard West Makian vowel harmony.

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ene
Brazilian standard	ene
New Tribes	ene

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ône (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ene]

Verb

ene

1. (transitive) to see

Derived terms

• enejo
• ene'ma
• ööne
• ötöne

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “ene”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[4], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 315, 389: “-ene- 'see' […] ene:dü - to see, know”
• Hall, Katherine (2007), “ene-dɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[5], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Zazaki

Noun

ene (m)

1. Friday