eñe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ene"

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɲe/ [e.ɲe]
• Rhymes: -eɲe, -e
• Hyphenation: e‧ñe

Noun

eñe inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ñ/ñ.

Declension

Declension of eñe (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	eñe	eñea	eñeak
ergative	eñek	eñeak	eñeek
dative	eñeri	eñeari	eñeei
genitive	eñeren	eñearen	eñeen
comitative	eñerekin	eñearekin	eñeekin
causative	eñerengatik	eñearengatik	eñeengatik
benefactive	eñerentzat	eñearentzat	eñeentzat
instrumental	eñez	eñeaz	eñeez
inessive	eñetan	eñean	eñeetan
locative	eñetako	eñeko	eñeetako
allative	eñetara	eñera	eñeetara
terminative	eñetaraino	eñeraino	eñeetaraino
directive	eñetarantz	eñerantz	eñeetarantz
destinative	eñetarako	eñerako	eñeetarako
ablative	eñetatik	eñetik	eñeetatik
partitive	eñerik	—	—
prolative	eñetzat	—	—

See also

• (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

Further reading

• “eñe”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Galician

Alternative forms

• enhe (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

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Noun

eñe m (plural eñes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ñ/ñ.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɲe/ [ˈe.ɲe]

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• Rhymes: -eɲe
• Syllabification: e‧ñe

Noun

eñe f (plural eñes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ñ/ñ.

Descendants

• → Tagalog: enye, eñe

Further reading

• “eñe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• enye

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish eñe, the Spanish name of the letter Ñ/ñ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔenje/ [ˈʔɛː.ɲɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈʔenje/ [ˈʔɛn̪.jɛ]
• Rhymes: -enje
• Syllabification: e‧ñe

Noun

eñe (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜌᜒ)

1. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter Ñ/ñ, in the Abecedario

   Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) enye

2. Alternative form of enye