-tene

-tene

See also: tene, tené, and téne

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon, band, fillet”).

Suffix

-tene

  1. (biology) Ribbon-like structure; Used to form words relating the structure of chromosomes in meiosis

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -tene
diplotene
leptotene
pachytene
polytene
synteny
zygotene

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Anglian Old English -tēne (compare West Saxon -tīene), from an inflected form of Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /-(ˈ)teːn(ə)/

    Suffix

    -tene

    1. Forms cardinal numbers from thrittene (“thirteen”) to nyntene (“nineteen”); -teen

    Derived terms

    Middle English terms suffixed with -tene
    eightetene
    fiftene
    fourtene
    nyntene
    seventene
    sixtene
    thrittene

    Descendants

    • English: -teen
    • Scots: -teen

    Old English

    Suffix

    tēne

    1. alternative form of -tīene
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