Noun: phene
| Singular | phene |
| Plural | phenes |
Sample Sentences
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This phene has a dominant influence on phosphorus acquisition. [2011 May 24, Jonathan P. Lynch, “Root Phenes for Enhanced Soil Exploration and Phosphorus Acquisition: Tools for Future Crops”, in Plant Physiology:]
Nouns inflected like phene
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-né-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
5. Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti
6. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
7. Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der.
8. French phèneder.
9. English phene
10. Proposed 1836 by French scientist Auguste Laurent as an alternative name for benzene, from French phène, from Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “bring to light, cause to appear, show”). See: French Nouns '
phène'.