suffix — 9 senses
/-aɪ̯n/ · /-in/
Etymology From Middle English -in, -ine, from Old French -in, -ine, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos. More at -en § Etymology 4.
Idiomatic, Morpheme Of or pertaining to.
Morpheme Used to form demonyms.
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Morpheme Used to form names of chemical substances, especially basic (alkaline) substances, alkaloidal substances, or halogen elements.
Anthropology, Human sciences, Sciences Morpheme used to form vernacular nouns and adjectives relating to hominoid genera
Morpheme Commercial materials.
Etymology From French -ine, feminine of -in; Latin -īna, feminine of -īnus. Doublet of -ina.
Idiomatic, Morpheme Used to form feminine nouns.
Idiomatic, Morpheme Used to form female given names or names of titles.
Etymology Variant of -en § Etymology 2.
Morpheme Found in the plural forms of a small number of English words. Not productive.
Etymology From taxonomic suffix -inae, ultimately from the same root as § Etymology 1.
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