See also: ine, Ine, iné, and ìne

EnglishEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English -ine, 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

  1. (chiefly non-productive) Of or pertaining to.
    asinine, marine, bovine, cervine
  2. Used to form demonyms.
    Levantine, Byzantine, Argentine, Florentine
  3. (chemistry) Used to form names of chemical substances, especially basic (alkaline) substances, alkaloidal substances, or halogen elements.
    amine, aniline, caffeine, iodine
  4. (non-productive) Used to form feminine nouns.
    hero + ‎-ine → ‎heroine
    speaker + ‎-ine → ‎speakerine
  5. (non-productive) Used to form female given names or names of titles.
    Clement + ‎-ine → ‎Clementine
    landgrave + ‎-ine → ‎landgravine
  6. 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.

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AntonymsEdit
  • (feminine affix): he-
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Etymology 2Edit

Variant of -en.

SuffixEdit

-ine

  1. Found in the plural forms of a small number of English words. Not productive.
    cow + ‎-ine → ‎kine
    sow + ‎-ine → ‎swine

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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.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /-ineˣ/, [-ine̞(ʔ)]

SuffixEdit

-ine

  1. Forms diminutive forms of nouns, particularly for objects or tools.

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From -in +‎ -e.

SuffixEdit

-ine f (plural -ines)

  1. -ine; forms chemical substances
    café (coffee) + ‎-ine → ‎caféine (caffeine)
  2. forms diminutives
    escalope (escalope (cut of meat)) + ‎-ine → ‎escalopine (small escalope)
    feutre (felt (material)) + ‎-ine → ‎feutrine (lightweight felt)
  3. female equivalent of -in; forms female agent nouns
    pèler(in) (pilgrim) + ‎-ine → ‎pèlerine (female pilgrim)
    assass(in) (assassin) + ‎-ine → ‎assassine (female assassin)

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GermanEdit

SuffixEdit

-ine

  1. (nonstandard) Used to form feminine nouns.
    Azubi + ‎-ine → ‎Azubine
    Dackel (dachshund) + ‎-ine → ‎Dackeline

IrishEdit

SuffixEdit

-ine f

  1. genitive of -in

ItalianEdit

SuffixEdit

-ine f pl

  1. plural of -ina

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LatinEdit

SuffixEdit

-īne

  1. vocative masculine singular of -īnus

LivviEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *-inen. Cognates include Ingrian -in and Finnish -nen.

PronunciationEdit

SuffixEdit

-ine

  1. Used to form diminutive nouns; -ie

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