-enne
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin -ennis (like in biennis, triennis), derived from annus (“year”).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-enne (adjective-forming suffix, plural -enni)
-enne m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -enni)
- -year-old
- also forms similar terms related to age
- L'anno prossimo diventa maggiorenne.
- She comes of age next year.
Derived terms edit
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-enne
- Alternative form of -anne
Further reading edit
- Joseph Bosworth (1898), Thomas Northcote Toller, editor, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, s.v. “-enne”, page 252/1