en-
English
editAlternative forms
edit- em- (before certain consonants, principally b or p)
Etymology
editFrom Middle English en- (“en-, in-”). Originally from Old French en- (also an-), from Latin in- (“in, into”); but also from an alteration of in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English in- (“in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *in (“in”). Both the Latin and the Germanic forms are from Proto-Indo-European *en (“in, into”). Intensive use of Old French en-, an- is due to confluence with Frankish *an- (intensive prefix), related to Old English on- (intensive prefix). More at in-, on-.
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editen-
- Forms a transitive verb whose meaning is to make the attached adjective
- to become
- provide with
- an intensifier
Usage notes
edit- Before the labial consonants b or p, the form em- is used instead, a result of assimilation of place of articulation.
Synonyms
editAntonyms
editDerived terms
edit- embalm
- embark
- embarrass
- embase
- embellish
- embezzle
- emboss
- embrace
- embroider
- embroil
- empanel
- empark
- emplead (compare emplaidier)
- employ
- enamel (from enamailler)
- enamor, enamour
- enchain
- enchant
- enchase
- enclave
- enclose
- encounter
- encourage
- encrust
- encumber
- endoctrine
- endolour
- endorse
- endow (from endover)
- endue
- endure
- enforce
- engage
- engender
- englue
- englut
- engorge
- engrail
- engrain (from the - phrase en graine)
- engrave
- engross
- engulf
- enhance
- enjoin
- enjoy
- enlace
- enlarge
- enlimn (from enluminer)
- ennoble
- enquire, inquire
- enrace (compare enraciner)
- enrage
- enrange (compare arranger)
- enrich
- enrobe
- enroll
- ensanguine
- ensemble
- ensue
- ensure
- entice
- entitle
- entrain
- entrap
- entreat
- envelop, envelope
- envermeil (compare envermeiller)
- environ
- envisage
- embathe
- emblanch
- emboil
- embraid, embreaded
- embrangle
- empassion
- empierce
- empight
- emplace
- empuzzle
- enact
- encanker
- encheer
- enclasp
- enclothe
- encompass
- endazzle
- enfold
- enfreeze
- engild
- engird
- engrasp
- engrieve
- enkindle
- enlighten
- enmesh
- enmingle
- enmix
- ensear
- enseel
- ensheathe
- ensnarl
- enstamp
- enstrengthen
- enstyle
- ensweep
- entame
- entangle
- enthrill
- entwin
- entwist
- entwite
- enwallowed
- enwind
- enwrap
- enwreathe
- enwrite
- embank
- embarn
- embastardize
- embattle
- embay
- embeam
- embed
- embillow
- emblaze
- emblazon
- embliss, enbliss
- embloom
- emblossom
- embody
- embondage
- emborder
- embosom
- embottle
- embow
- embowel
- embowl
- embox
- embronze
- embrothel
- embus
- emmarble, enmarble
- empanoplied
- empeople
- emplane
- emplotment (neologism by Paul Ricœur)
- emplumed
- empower
- empurple
- enarch
- enarm
- enarmor, enarmour
- encage
- encamp
- encapsulate
- encapture
- encase
- encashment
- encasket
- enchaired
- enchannel
- encharm
- enchisel
- encindered
- encipher
- encircle
- enclasp
- encloister
- encloud
- encoach
- encode
- encoffin
- encolour
- encowl
- encradle
- encrimson
- encroach
- enculture
- encunt
- encurtain
- encyst
- endanger
- endart
- endenizen
- endiademed
- endome
- endungeon
- enface
- enfame
- enfeoff
- enfetter
- enfire
- enflesh
- enflower
- enforest
- enframe
- enfranchise
- enfreedom
- engaol
- engarland
- engirdle
- engirt
- englamour
- engloom
- engore
- engraft
- engrave
- engroove
- enguard
- engyve
- enhalo
- enharbour
- enhearse
- enhedge
- enhoney
- enhunger
- enisle
- enjail
- enkennel
- enlard
- enleague
- enlight
- enlink
- enlist (possibly from inlijsten (“to write on a list”))
- enliven
- enlute
- enmassed
- enmew
- enmire
- enmist
- enmossed
- enmuffle
- enniche
- enpatron
- enplane
- enprison
- enquote
- enrank
- enrapture
- enregister
- enrheum
- enridge
- enrockment
- enroot
- enscale
- enschedule
- ensconce
- enseam
- ensepulcher, ensepulchre
- enserf
- enshackle
- enshaded, enshadow
- enshell
- enshelter
- enshrine
- enshroud
- ensky
- enslave
- ensnare
- ensoul
- enspell
- ensphere
- enstool
- entabulate
- entail
- enthral, enthrall
- enthrone
- entoil
- entomb
- entrail
- entrain
- entrench
- entrust
- entwine
- envassal
- envault
- enveil
- envenom, envenomate
- envillaged
- envision
- envolume
- enwoman
- enwomb
- enwreath
- enzone
- embetter
- embitter
- emblind
- embolden
- embrave
- embrittle
- embusy
- empractical (neologism)
- enable
- encrisped
- encrypt (neologism from κρυπτός (kruptós, “concealed, hidden”) or κρύπτω (krúptō, “hide, cover”))
- endear
- enfeeble
- enfierced
- enfree
- englacial
- engolden
- engreen
- enmilden
- ennew
- enquicken
- enripen
- enround
- ensafe
- ensober
- entender
- enweaken
- emblem
- embolism
- embrocate (from embrocatus, from ἐμβροχή (embrokhḗ, “lotion, fomentation”))
- embryo
- empathy (a 20th century neologism)
- empiric (via empirique and empiricus from ἐμπειρικός (empeirikós, “experienced”))
- emporium
- encaustic (probably neologism after καυστικός (kaustikós, “burning”))
- encephalitis (from encéphalite?)
- enchondroma
- encomiast, encomium
- encyclical (from encyclicus)
- encyclopaedia, encyclopedia (from encyclopaedia)
- endemic (from endémique?)
- endive (from ἔντυβον (éntubon) or intibus, ultimately of uncertain origin)
- enema
- enepidermic
- energy (via énergie and energia from ἐνέργεια (enérgeia, “action, act, work”))
- entablature (from intavolatura)
- enthuse, enthusiasm, enthusiastic
- entomology (from entomologie)
- entrochite
- enzyme (from Enzym)
- panendeism, panentheism (from Panentheismus)
See also
editReferences
edit- “en-”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “en-”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); see en.
Prefix
editen-
- en- (all meanings)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editFrench
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); see en.
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editen-
- en- (all meanings)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editGalician
editAlternative forms
edit- em- (before b or p)
Etymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); compare en.
Prefix
editen-
Derived terms
editFrom
.
Related terms
editSee also
editIdo
editEtymology
editPrefix form of en (“in”).
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editen-
- prefix indicating in
Derived terms
editLadino
editAlternative forms
edit- em- (before b or p)
Etymology
editFrom Old Spanish en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of in (“in, into”).
Prefix
editen-
Derived terms
editMiddle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French en-, from Latin in-.
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editen-
- Forms words, usually verbs, meaning "in", "on", or "around"; en-.
- Intensifies words, usually verbs; en-.
Usage notes
edit- Sometimes used interchangeably with in-; see that entry for more.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “en-, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Mohawk
editPrefix
editen-
- future tense prefix
References
edit- Gunther Michelson (1973) A thousand words of Mohawk, University of Ottawa Press, page 5
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); see en.
Prefix
editen-
- en- (all meanings)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editNorthern Ndebele
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
editen-
- Class 9 adjective concord.
Usage notes
editThe variant form em- is used before stems beginning with a labial consonant (b, f, m, p, v).
Occitan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Occitan en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); see en.
Prefix
editen-
- en- (all meanings)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editOld French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”). Influenced by Frankish *an- (intensive prefix), related to Old English on- (intensive prefix).
Prefix
editen-
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editOld Galician-Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”).
Prefix
editen-
Descendants
editOld Saxon
editEtymology
editFrom ēn (“one”).
Prefix
editēn-
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); compare em.
Prefix
editen-
- en- (all meanings)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editSpanish
editAlternative forms
edit- em- (before b or p)
Etymology
editInherited from Old Spanish en-, from Latin in-, prefixation of Latin in (“in, into”); see en.
Prefix
editen-
- en- (all meanings) (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “en-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tocharian A
editEtymology
editRelated to Tocharian B en-, either borrowed into or from Tocharian A. Of uncertain origin, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with Ancient Greek αἶνος (aînos, “story, tale”).
Verb
editen-
Tocharian B
editEtymology
editRelated to Tocharian A en-, either borrowed into or from Tocharian B. Of uncertain origin, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European, cognate with Ancient Greek αἶνος (aînos, “story, tale”).
Verb
editen-
Derived terms
edit- enäṣṣālñe (“instruction, teaching, doctrine”)
Further reading
edit- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “en-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 87
Welsh
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editPrefix
editen-
- affirmative prefix, emphasises prefixed word
Derived terms
editMutation
editWelsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
en- | unchanged | unchanged | hen- |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
editR. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “en-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Xhosa
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Prefix
editen-
- Class 9 adjective concord.
Usage notes
editThe variant form em- is used before stems beginning with a labial consonant (b, f, m, p, v).
Zulu
editEtymology
editFrom a- (“relative”) + n- (“class 9 basic noun prefix”).
Prefix
editḗn-
- Class 9 adjective concord.
Usage notes
editThe variant form em- is used before stems beginning with a labial consonant (b, f, m, p, v).
References
edit- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “em-, en-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “em-, en-”
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- xto:Education
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