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-eno

Portuguese, suffix/ˈẽ.nu/

-eno is a Portuguese masculine suffix meaning “-th (forms an ordinal number from a cardinal number)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does -eno mean in English?

suffix

  1. 1

    -th (forms an ordinal number from a cardinal number)

    nove (“nine”) + -eno → noveno (“ninth”)

  2. 2

    -ean (forms demonyms)

    Chile + -eno → chileno (“Chilean”)

suffix

  1. 1

    masculine-th (forms an ordinal number from a cardinal number)

    nove (“nine”) + -eno → noveno (“ninth”)

  2. 2

    masculine-ean (forms demonyms)

    Chile + -eno → chileno (“Chilean”)

suffix

  1. 1

    masculine-ene (forms the names of alkenes)

    etano (“ethane”) + -eno → eteno (“ethene”)

suffix

  1. 1

    eye dialect spelling of -endo, representing Northeast Brazil Portuguese

prefix

as eno-
  1. 1

    oeno- (forms terms relating to wine)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How do you pronounce -eno?

  • Brazil /ˈẽ.nu/
  • Portugal /ˈe.nu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to -eno

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.