-ine
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English -in, -ine, from Old French -in, -ine, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos. More at -en.
Suffix edit
-ine
- (chiefly non-productive) Of or pertaining to.
- Used to form demonyms.
- (chemistry) Used to form names of chemical substances, especially basic (alkaline) substances, alkaloidal substances, or halogen elements.
- Commercial materials.
Usage notes edit
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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Etymology 2 edit
From French -ine, feminine of -in; Latin -īna, feminine of -īnus.[1]
Suffix edit
-ine
- (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
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Etymology 3 edit
Variant of -en.
Suffix edit
-ine
- Found in the plural forms of a small number of English words. Not productive.
References edit
- “-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.
- ^ “-ine, suffix4”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From the same source as -ne (noun-forming suffix) (seen in murene, etc.), with contamination from -in (instrumental suffix) in both form and meaning.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ine
- Forms diminutive forms of nouns, particularly for objects or tools.
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French edit
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-ine f (plural -ines)
- -ine; forms chemical substances
- forms diminutives
- female equivalent of -in; forms female agent nouns
- pèler(in) (“pilgrim”) + -ine → pèlerine (“female pilgrim”)
- assass(in) (“assassin”) + -ine → assassine (“female assassin”)
Derived terms edit
German edit
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-ine
Irish edit
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-ine f
Italian edit
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-ine f pl
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
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-īne
Lithuanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Note that a preceding consonant will be palatalised.
Suffix edit
-ine
- instrumental singular feminine of -inis (“of + noun”)
Suffix edit
-inè
- instrumental singular feminine of -ìnis (“of + noun”)
Livvi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *-inën. Cognates include Ingrian -in and Finnish -nen.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ine
- Used to form diminutive nouns; -ie
Declension edit
This suffix needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- en:Chemistry
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- en:Element nomenclature
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish suffixes
- Finnish noun-forming suffixes
- French terms suffixed with -in
- French terms suffixed with -e
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- French noun-forming suffixes
- French countable nouns
- French feminine suffixes
- French female equivalent nouns
- German lemmas
- German suffixes
- German nonstandard terms
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish suffix forms
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian suffix forms
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin suffix forms
- Lithuanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lithuanian non-lemma forms
- Lithuanian suffix forms
- Livvi terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Livvi terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Livvi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Livvi lemmas
- Livvi suffixes