-ine
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English -ine, borrowed from Old French -ine, from Latin -īnus, from Ancient Greek -ινος (-inos). More at -en.
Suffix
-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.
- (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
- Commercial materials
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
used to form names of chemical substances
Etymology 2
Variant of -en.
Suffix
-ine
- Can be used to denote the plural form of a small number of English words:
References
- “-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.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Suffix
-ine
Irish
Suffix
-ine f
Italian
Suffix
-ine f pl
Latin
Suffix
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms borrowed from Old French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- en:Chemistry
- French terms suffixed with -e
- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish suffix forms
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian suffix forms