-ie
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ie" and -ие
English
Alternative forms
- -ee, -ey
Etymology
Variant spelling of -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-i/
Suffix
-ie
- Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names.
- 1869, Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl:
- "Polly, I wish you 'd let me call you Marie," said Fanny one day, as they were shopping together.
- "You may call me Mary, if you like; but I won't have any ie put on to my name. I'm Polly at home and I'm fond of being called so; but Marie is Frenchified and silly."
- "I spell my own name with an ie, and so do all the girls."
- "And what a jumble of Netties, Nellies, Hatties, and Sallies there is. How 'Pollie' would look spelt so!"
- dear → dearie
- sweet → sweetie
- smile → smilie (also smiley)
- Catherine → Cathie (also Cathi, Cathy); Katherine → Kathie (also Kathi, Kathy)
- Bill → Billie (also Billi, Billy)
- 1869, Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl:
- (occasionally derogatory) Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person associated with suffixed noun or verb.
- bike → bikie
- road → roadie
- surf → surfie
- town → townie
- Obsolete spelling of -y
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -ie
Translations
forming diminutive nouns or names
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Anagrams
- EI
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- -etjie
- -jie
- -kie
- -pie
- -tjie
Etymology
From Dutch -je.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i/
Audio (file)
Suffix
-ie (plural -ies)
- Forms a diminutive noun
Usage notes
- The suffix -ie is used in nouns that end in -b, -f, -g, -k, -p, -s. Nouns ending in other sounds use one of the alternative forms above.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɪjɛ]
- Rhymes: -ɪjɛ
Suffix
-ie f
- A suffix denoting a branch of science or study, similar to -ics.
Synonyms
- -ika
Derived terms
- ekonomie
- ekonometrie
- pediatrie
- psychometrie
See also
- -nomie
- -logie
Further reading
- -ie/-erie/-érie in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch -ie, ultimately from Latin -ia.
Suffix
-ie f
- A variant of -ij
Derived terms
Dutch terms suffixed with -ie (variant of -ij)
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Latin -iō.
Suffix
-ie f
- -ion, -y
Derived terms
Dutch terms suffixed with -ie (process or condition)
Etymology 3
An alteration of je in popular speech.
Suffix
-ie n
- (Netherlands, informal) A variant of -je, a suffix forming diminutive nouns.
Derived terms
Dutch terms suffixed with -ie (diminutive)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -ia, a suffix used to create abstract nouns, and from Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i/
Audio (Lyon, France): (file)
Suffix
-ie f (plural -ies)
- indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
Derived terms
French terms suffixed with -ie
Further reading
- “-ie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Suffix
-ie
- vocative masculine singular of -ius
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.
Alternative forms
- -y, -ye, -e
Suffix
-ie
- A suffix designating abstract or collective nouns, typically of French or Latin origin.
Derived terms
Middle English terms suffixed with -ie
Descendants
- English: -y, -ie
References
- “-i(e, suf.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.
Suffix
-ie
- Alternative form of -y
Suffix
-ie
- Alternative form of -yf
Middle French
Suffix
-ie
- indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
Derived terms
Middle French terms suffixed with -ie
Descendants
- French: -ie
Middle High German
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.
Suffix
-īe f
- used to create female abstract nouns
Descendants
- German: -ei
- Yiddish: ־ײַ (-ay)
Old French
Etymology
From Latin -ia; compare -erie.
Suffix
-ie
- indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
Derived terms
Old French terms suffixed with -ie
Descendants
- Middle French: -ie
- French: -ie
- Middle High German: -ie
- Middle English: -ie
- English: -y, -ie
Polish
Alternative forms
- -e
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Syllabification: ie
Suffix
-ie
- Forms adverbs from adjectives
- wybitny + -ie → wybitnie
Derived terms
Polish terms suffixed with -ie
See also
- -o
Further reading
- -ie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- -ie in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Probably from Latin -īlia, neuter plural of -īlis. Less likely from Latin -ia. Compare Aromanian -ilji, -ilje.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.e/
Suffix
-ie f (plural -ii)
- Used with a stem to create a (usually abstract) noun relating to it; can be compared to -ship, -hood, -ness, -ity, etc.
Declension
Declension of -ie
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) -ie | -ia | (niște) -ii | -iile |
| genitive/dative | (unei) -ii | -iei | (unor) -ii | -iilor |
| vocative | -ie, -io | -iilor | ||
Derived terms
Romanian terms suffixed with -ie
See also
- -ărie
- -eață
- -ime
- -tate
- -ciune
Scots
Alternative forms
- -y
Etymology
From Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic *-g.
Suffix
-ie
- Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by being appended to a noun.
References
- “-ie, suff.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.