-ine
See also: ine, Ine, iné, and ìne
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.
- asinine, marine, bovine, cervine
- Used to form demonyms.
- Levantine, Byzantine, Argentine
- (chemistry) Used to form names of chemical substances, especially basic (alkaline) substances, alkaloidal substances, or halogen elements.
- amine, aniline, caffeine, iodine
- (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
- glass + -ine → glassine
Derived terms
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Related terms
- -in
Etymology 2
Variant of -en.
Suffix
-ine
- Can be used to denote the plural form of a small number of English words:
- cow + -ine → kine
- sow + -ine → swine
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
- EIN, NEI, NIE, Nie
French
Etymology
-in + -e
Suffix
-ine
- feminine singular of -in
- feminine equivalent of -in
Irish
Suffix
-ine f
- genitive of -in
Italian
Suffix
-ine f pl
- plural of -ina
Latin
Suffix
-īne
- vocative masculine singular of -īnus