-ine

See also: ine, Ine, iné, and ìne

EnglishEdit

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-ine

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English -ine, borrowed from Old French -ine, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos. More at -en.

PronunciationEdit

(depending on the word taking the suffix) IPA^(key): /-aɪn/, /-iːn/, /-ɪn~-ən/

SuffixEdit

-ine

(chiefly non-productive) Of or pertaining to.
asinine, marine, bovine, cervine
Used to form demonyms.
Levantine, Byzantine, Argentine, Florentine
(chemistry) Used to form names of chemical substances, especially basic (alkaline) substances, alkaloidal substances, or halogen elements.
amine, aniline, caffeine, iodine
(non-productive) Used to form feminine nouns.
‎hero + ‎-ine → ‎heroine

‎speaker + ‎-ine → ‎speakerine
(non-productive) Used to form female given names or names of titles.
‎Clement + ‎-ine → ‎Clementine

‎landgrave + ‎-ine → ‎landgravine
Commercial materials
‎glass + ‎-ine → ‎glassine

Usage notesEdit

While multiple pronunciations are given above for this suffix, they are not freely interchangeable; instead, each word taking the suffix often only takes one or two of the suffix's possible pronunciations. For example, feminine is almost always pronounced with /-ɪn/, while marine is almost always pronounced with /-iːn/. However, more technical terms (such as iodine, which can take any of the suffix's three possible pronunciations) may not have an established pronunciation, though in feminine names (Maxine) and chemical use (theobromine), the pronunciation /-iːn/ is the most frequent, while in other technical formations (bovine) /-aɪn/ is common.

Derived termsEdit

► English words suffixed with -ine

Related termsEdit

-in

TranslationsEdit

used to form names of chemical substances

Catalan: -ina (ca) f
Galician: -ina (gl) f
German: -in (de) n

Italian: -ina (it) f
Portuguese: -ina (pt) f
Spanish: -ina (es) f

Etymology 2Edit

Variant of -en.

SuffixEdit

-ine

Can be used to denote the plural form of a small number of English words:
‎cow + ‎-ine → ‎kine

‎sow + ‎-ine → ‎swine

ReferencesEdit

“-ine” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
“-ine” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

AnagramsEdit

EIN, NEI, NIE, Nie

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the same source as -ne (noun-forming suffix) (seen in murene, etc.), with contamination from -in (instrumental suffix) in both form and meaning.