-ain
French
Etymology
From Old French -ain, from Latin -ānus, whence also French -an and -ien.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ain m (feminine -aine)
- Suffix used to form demonyms, both nouns (uppercase) and adjectives (lowercase).
- Indicates the old oblique case (cas régime) of certain nouns.
Derived terms
Related terms
Old French
Etymology
Suffix
-ain
- Forms the oblique case, especially for feminine nouns.
Descendants
- French: -ain
Warning: Default sort key "ain" overrides earlier default sort key "AIN".
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- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 1-syllable words
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- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- French masculine suffixes
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French suffixes