WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
-tene,
- Biologya combining form meaning "ribbon,'' used in biology to form compound nouns that refer to the shape or number of chromosomes involved in meiosis:leptotene;pachytene;diplotene.
- Latin taenia taenia
- French -tène (in scientific compounds)
'-tene' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-teen
- Beltane
- Hallstattan
- La Tène
- diplotene
- leptotene
- pachytene
- polytene chromosome
- teen
- tenement
- tobramycin
- zygotene