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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