-ie
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ie" and -ие
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Variant spelling of -y.
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ie
- Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names.
- 1869, Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl:
- "Polly, I wish you 'd let me call you Marie," said Fanny one day, as they were shopping together.
- "You may call me Mary, if you like; but I won't have any ie put on to my name. I'm Polly at home and I'm fond of being called so; but Marie is Frenchified and silly."
- "I spell my own name with an ie, and so do all the girls."
- "And what a jumble of Netties, Nellies, Hatties, and Sallies there is. How 'Pollie' would look spelt so!"
- 1869, Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl:
- (occasionally, sometimes derogatory) Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person associated with suffixed noun or verb.
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AfrikaansEdit
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SuffixEdit
-ie (plural -ies)
- Forms a diminutive noun
Usage notesEdit
- The suffix -ie is used in nouns that end in -b, -f, -g, -k, -p, -s. Nouns ending in other sounds use one of the alternative forms above.
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ie f
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DutchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch -ie, ultimately from Latin -ia.
SuffixEdit
-ie f
- A variant of -ij
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Etymology 2Edit
SuffixEdit
-ie f
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Etymology 3Edit
An alteration of je in popular speech.
SuffixEdit
-ie n
- (Netherlands, informal) A variant of -je, a suffix forming diminutive nouns.
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin -ia, a suffix used to create abstract nouns, and from Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia).
SuffixEdit
-ie
- indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
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LatinEdit
SuffixEdit
-ie
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.
Alternative formsEdit
SuffixEdit
-ie
- A suffix designating abstract or collective nouns, typically of French or Latin origin.
Derived termsEdit
Nouns formed with -ie
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “-i(e, suf.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2Edit
SuffixEdit
-ie
- Alternative form of -y
Etymology 3Edit
SuffixEdit
-ie
- Alternative form of -yf
Middle FrenchEdit
SuffixEdit
-ie
- indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
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- French: -ie
Middle High GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.
SuffixEdit
-īe f
- used to create female abstract nouns
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Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
SuffixEdit
-ie
- indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
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RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably from Latin -īlia, neuter plural of -īlis. Less likely from Latin -ia. Compare Aromanian -ilji, -ilje.
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-ie f (plural -ii)
- Used with a stem to create a (usually abstract) noun relating to it; can be compared to -ship, -hood, -ness, -ity, etc.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of -ie