maine
English edit
Noun edit
maine (plural maines)
- Obsolete form of main.
- 1624, John Donne, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- No man is an Illand, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the maine...
Adjective edit
maine (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of main.
Anagrams edit
Cimbrian edit
Determiner edit
maine
Estonian edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɑine
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maine (genitive maine, partitive mainet)
Declension edit
Declension of maine (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | maine | mained |
accusative | maine | mained |
genitive | maine | mainete |
partitive | mainet | maineid |
illative | mainesse | mainetesse maineisse |
inessive | maines | mainetes maineis |
elative | mainest | mainetest maineist |
allative | mainele | mainetele maineile |
adessive | mainel | mainetel maineil |
ablative | mainelt | mainetelt maineilt |
translative | maineks | maineteks maineiks |
terminative | maineni | maineteni |
essive | mainena | mainetena |
abessive | maineta | maineteta |
comitative | mainega | mainetega |
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
maine (genitive maise, partitive maist, comparative maisem, superlative kõige maisem)
Declension edit
Declension of maine (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | maine | maised |
accusative | maise | maised |
genitive | maise | maiste |
partitive | maist | maiseid |
illative | maisesse | maistesse maiseisse |
inessive | maises | maistes maiseis |
elative | maisest | maistest maiseist |
allative | maisele | maistele maiseile |
adessive | maisel | maistel maiseil |
ablative | maiselt | maistelt maiseilt |
translative | maiseks | maisteks maiseiks |
terminative | maiseni | maisteni |
essive | maisena | maistena |
abessive | maiseta | maisteta |
comitative | maisega | maistega |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
main- + -e; either from mainita or from the dialectal verb mainoa (“to wonder, to praise”) (compare mainos and possibly mainio), which is also ultimately related to mainita.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maine
- reputation
- prestige, renown, fame
- (linguistics, dated) predicate
- Synonym: predikaatti
Declension edit
Inflection of maine (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | maine | maineet | ||
genitive | maineen | maineiden maineitten | ||
partitive | mainetta | maineita | ||
illative | maineeseen | maineisiin maineihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | maine | maineet | ||
accusative | nom. | maine | maineet | |
gen. | maineen | |||
genitive | maineen | maineiden maineitten | ||
partitive | mainetta | maineita | ||
inessive | maineessa | maineissa | ||
elative | maineesta | maineista | ||
illative | maineeseen | maineisiin maineihin | ||
adessive | maineella | maineilla | ||
ablative | maineelta | maineilta | ||
allative | maineelle | maineille | ||
essive | maineena | maineina | ||
translative | maineeksi | maineiksi | ||
abessive | maineetta | maineitta | ||
instructive | — | mainein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds edit
- ennakkomaine
- jälkimaine
- maailmanmaine
- mainehaitta
- mainesana
- mainetappio
- maineteko
- sankarimaine
- sotilasmaine
Further reading edit
- “maine”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
maine
- Alternative form of mayn
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
maine
- Alternative form of meyne
Occitan edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
maine m (plural maines)