ene

ene f (plural enes)

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

• IPA^(key): /ene/, [e̞.ne̞]

ene

1. genitive of ni

   Synonym: nire

ene

1. oh my

ene inan

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

• (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

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

ene f (plural enes)

1. (Valencia) alternative form of ena

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

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

• éne

ene

1. alone
2. lonely

• alene
• ensom

ene

1. definite of en

From Old Norse einir.

ene c (singular definite enen, plural indefinite ener)

1. (botany) juniper

• enebær
• enebærbusk

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

• IPA^(key): /əˈnə/

ene

1. (demonstrative) this

   ene fa

   this time

ene

1. (demonstrative) this

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.nə/

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• Hyphenation: ene
• Rhymes: -eːnə

From Middle Dutch êne.

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?

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.

• eene (obsolete)

ene

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

ene

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

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

• een, één, nee

en +‎ -e

• IPA^(key): /ˈene/

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• Rhymes: -ene
• Syllabification: e‧ne

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

• ekstere

Ewe numbers ^(edit)

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

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.

ene

1. four

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛne/ [ˈɛ.nɪ]

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• Rhymes: -ɛne

ene m (plural enes)

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

• (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

• “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

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

ene

1. dated spelling of ịnị.

• ène (alternative spelling)

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

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

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".

• eine

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɪ̯nə/

ene f (indefinite article)

1. inflected form of en

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

ene

1. alternative form of āne

Middle English numbers ^(edit)

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

• æne (Early Middle English)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ̝ːn(ə)/

ene

1. once (one time)

   Synonyms: enes, ones

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

ene

1. plural of ee

ene (mutated form nene)

1. sand
2. beach

• gawu

• baene

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

ene

1. sun

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

Definite form of en (“one”)

ene

1. one

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

• enestående

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

• Hyphenation: e‧ne

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!

• (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

• “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

• IPA^(key): /ˈene/ [ˈe.ne]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ene
• Syllabification: e‧ne

ene (invariable)

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

ene

1. (colloquial) a lot

ene f (plural enes)

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

Abbreviation of enero.

ene m

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

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

• “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

ene

1. one; masculine definite of en

   den ene mannen sade till den andre

   one man said to the other

ene n

1. wood of juniper (en)

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

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

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

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

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

ene

1. in

• enestai (“in secret, secretly”)

• 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

ene

1. dative singular of en

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

ene

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

ene

1. you (second-person plural pronoun)

ene

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

Possibly related to the stem found in Ternate ngone.

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.n̪e/

ene (possessive prefix nV)

1. first-person plural inclusive pronoun, we

   ene unge ― we three; the three of us

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

From Proto-Cariban *ône (“to see”).

• IPA^(key): [ene]

ene

1. (transitive) to see

• 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

ene (m)

1. Friday

From e- +‎ ne (“to eat”).

• IPA^(key): /ə˧.ne˧/

ene

1. eater

• Chungkham Yashawanta Singh; Lukram Himmat (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 81