enne

enne n

1. forehead

Related to Finnish enne. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˈenˑe/, [ˈenˑe̞]

enne (genitive ende, partitive ennet)

1. omen

• IPA^(key): /ˈenːe/, [ˈenːe̞]

enne

1. before

enn- +‎ -e

• IPA^(key): /ˈenːeˣ/, [ˈe̞nːe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -enːe
• Syllabification^(key): en‧ne

enne

1. Omen, sign, token, portent, auspice; bode, boding.

   paha enne ― foreboding, bad omen

   olla hyvä enne ― to bode well (for the future)

   olla huono enne ― to bode ill (for the future)

• ennusmerkki

• enneuni

• ennustaa
• ennustaja
• ennustaminen
• enteillä

• -neen

• IPA^(key): /ɛn/

enne m (plural ennes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter N.

From a modified e(sz)- stem of eszik (“to eat”) +‎ -ne (personal suffix).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛnːɛ]
• Hyphenation: en‧ne

enne

1. third-person singular conditional present indefinite of eszik

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈenːe/, [ˈe̞nː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈenːe/, [ˈe̞nːe̞]
• Rhymes: -enː, -enːe
• Hyphenation: en‧ne

enne

1. Alternative form of ennen
   • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:

     Oli enne kunigas, ja kunikaal oli kolt poikaa.

     Once upon a time, there was a king and the king had three sons.

     (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)

enne (+ partitive)

1. Alternative form of ennen
   • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [We're speaking [our] own way]”, in Inkeri‎, volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:

     A mitä siin oli enne sottaa?

     And what was there before the war?

   • 2021, Kati Kallio; Riho Grünthal; Lasi Saressalo, quoting Olga Filatova, Inkerikot, setot ja vatjalaiset (in Finnish), →ISBN, page 40:

     Ennee sottaa mittää sitä vennään keeltä meil ei olt - kaik oli oma keeli!

     Before the war we didn't have any Russian language - everything was our own language!

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 33
• Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 52

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.ne/
• Rhymes: -ɛnne
• Hyphenation: èn‧ne

From Latin en (the name of the letter N).

enne m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter N.

• ennesimo

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

enne f pl

1. plural of enna

enne

1. accusative masculine of an

• ānne

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːnːe/, [ˈɛːnːe]

ēnne

1. accusative singular masculine of ēn

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

enne

1. paint
2. write

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognates include Finnish ennen, Ingrian ennen and Estonian enne.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈenːe/, [ˈenːe], /ˈenːeː/, [ˈenːe]
• Rhymes: -enːe, -enːeː
• Hyphenation: en‧ne

enne

1. (~ + partitive) before

   Synonym: eez

enne

1. before, once upon a time

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “enne”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn