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-en (ən, 'n)

  1. Etymology: ME < -en, -ien < OE -nian

    1. to become or cause to be: added to adjectives darken, weaken
    2. to come to have, cause to have: added to nouns heighten, hearten, strengthen

  2. Etymology: ME & OE, akin to L -inus, Gr -inos

    made of: added to concrete nouns wooden, waxen

  3. Etymology: ME & OE

    forming the past participle of strong verbs risen, written

  4. Etymology: OE -an

    forming the plural of certain nouns children, oxen

  5. Etymology: OE

    forming the feminine of certain nouns vixen

  6. Etymology: OE

    forming certain old diminutives chicken

Browse dictionary entries near -en

  1. ‹ en route
  2. ‹ en rapport
  3. ‹ en règle
  4. ‹ en prise
  5. ‹ en-
  6. ‹ en passant
  7. ‹ en masse
  8. ‹ en garde
  9. ‹ en famille
  10. ‹ en croûte
  1. en suite ›
  2. enable ›
  3. enact ›
  4. enactive ›
  5. enactment ›
  6. enamel ›
  7. enameler ›
  8. enamelware ›
  9. enamor ›
  10. enamored ›