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-ine en · X · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /-in/
• /-ɪn/ weak vowel distinction
• -īn
• /-ən/ weak vowel merger
• /-aɪ̯n/
• -ĭn weak vowel distinction
• -ən weak vowel merger
• -ēn

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine From Middle English -in, -ine, from Old French -in, -ine, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos. More at -en § Etymology 4.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, morpheme) Of or pertaining to.
   • asinine, marine, bovine, cervine
2. (morpheme) Used to form demonyms.
   • Levantine, Byzantine, Argentine, Florentine
3. (morpheme) Used to form names of chemical substances, especially basic (alkaline) substances, alkaloidal substances, or halogen elements.
   • amine, aniline, caffeine, iodine
4. (morpheme) used to form vernacular nouns and adjectives relating to hominoid genera
   • australopithecine, dryopithecine, pithecanthropine
5. (morpheme) Commercial materials.
   • glass + -ine → glassine

Relateds

-in

Translations (12)

pl -ina (used to form names of chemical substances) · bg -ин (used to form names of chemical substances) · it -ina (used to form names of chemical substances) · da -in (used to form names of chemical substances) · ca -ina (used to form names of chemical substances) · pt -ina (used to form names of chemical substances) · de -in (used to form names of chemical substances) · id -ina (used to form names of chemical substances) · gl -ina (used to form names of chemical substances) · ms -ina (used to form names of chemical substances) · es -ina (used to form names of chemical substances) · fi -iini (used to form names of chemical substances)

-ine en · X · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /-in/
• /-ɪn/ weak vowel distinction
• -īn
• /-ən/ weak vowel merger
• /-aɪ̯n/
• -ĭn weak vowel distinction
• -ən weak vowel merger
• -ēn

Etymology

From French -ine, feminine of -in; Latin -īna, feminine of -īnus. Doublet of -ina.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, morpheme) Used to form feminine nouns.
   • Paul + -ine → Pauline
   • hero + -ine → heroine
   • speaker + -ine → speakerine
2. (idiomatic, morpheme) Used to form female given names or names of titles.
   • Clement + -ine → Clementine
   • landgrave + -ine → landgravine

Antonyms

he-

Synonyms

-ress · -ina · -ess · -a · -ette · she- · -trix

-ine en · X · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /-in/
• /-ɪn/ weak vowel distinction
• -īn
• /-ən/ weak vowel merger
• /-aɪ̯n/
• -ĭn weak vowel distinction
• -ən weak vowel merger
• -ēn

Etymology

Variant of -en § Etymology 2.

Meanings

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

-ine en · X · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• /-in/
• /-ɪn/ weak vowel distinction
• -īn
• /-ən/ weak vowel merger
• /-aɪ̯n/
• -ĭn weak vowel distinction
• -ən weak vowel merger
• -ēn

Etymology

From taxonomic suffix -inae, ultimately from the same root as § Etymology 1.

Meanings

1. (morpheme) used to form vernacular nouns and adjectives relating to animal taxonomic subfamilies
   • cardueline, velociraptorine