maine
See also: Maine, máine, and mâine
English
Adjective
maine (not comparable)
- Obsolete form of main.
Anagrams
- -amine, I mean, amine, anime, animé, minae, minæ
Estonian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Finnish maine.
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯ne/
Noun
maine (genitive maine, partitive mainet)
- reputation
- prestige, renown, fame
Declension
Inflection of maine (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | maine | mained |
| accusative | maine | mained |
| genitive | maine | mainede |
| partitive | mainet | mainesid |
| illative | maine mainesse | mainedesse |
| inessive | maines | mainedes |
| elative | mainest | mainedest |
| allative | mainele | mainedele |
| adessive | mainel | mainedel |
| ablative | mainelt | mainedelt |
| translative | maineks | mainedeks |
| terminative | maineni | mainedeni |
| essive | mainena | mainedena |
| abessive | maineta | mainedeta |
| comitative | mainega | mainedega |
Etymology 2
From maa + -ne.
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /mˈɑi̯ne/
Adjective
maine (genitive maise, partitive maist)
- earthly, worldly
Declension
Inflection of maine (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | maine | maised |
| accusative | maise | maised |
| genitive | maise | maiste |
| partitive | maist | maiseid |
| illative | maisesse | maistesse maiseisse |
| inessive | maises | maistes maiseis |
| elative | maisest | maistest maiseist |
| allative | maisele | maistele maiseile |
| adessive | maisel | maistel maiseil |
| ablative | maiselt | maistelt maiseilt |
| translative | maiseks | maisteks maiseiks |
| terminative | maiseni | maisteni |
| essive | maisena | maistena |
| abessive | maiseta | maisteta |
| comitative | maisega | maistega |
Finnish
(index ma)
Etymology
main- + -e; the root is most likely connected with mainoa (“to wonder, to praise”), a dialectal word that originates from a Sami language (compare Northern Sami máidnut), from mainita, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑine
- IPA(key): [ˈmɑine̞(ʔ)]
- Hyphenation: mai‧ne
Noun
maine
- reputation
- prestige, renown, fame
- (linguistics, archaic) predicate
Declension
| Inflection of maine (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | maine | maineet | |
| genitive | maineen | maineiden maineitten | |
| partitive | mainetta | maineita | |
| illative | maineeseen | maineisiin maineihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | maine | maineet | |
| accusative | nom. | maine | maineet |
| gen. | maineen | ||
| genitive | maineen | maineiden maineitten | |
| partitive | mainetta | maineita | |
| inessive | maineessa | maineissa | |
| elative | maineesta | maineista | |
| illative | maineeseen | maineisiin maineihin | |
| adessive | maineella | maineilla | |
| ablative | maineelta | maineilta | |
| allative | maineelle | maineille | |
| essive | maineena | maineina | |
| translative | maineeksi | maineiksi | |
| instructive | — | mainein | |
| abessive | maineetta | maineitta | |
| comitative | — | maineineen | |
Compounds
- ennakkomaine
- jälkimaine
- maailmanmaine
- mainehaitta
- mainesana
- mainetappio
- maineteko
- sankarimaine
- sotilasmaine
Anagrams
- Minea, Naemi, anime
Middle English
Noun
maine
- Alternative form of mayn