"-aine" meaning in French

See -aine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ɛn/ Forms: -aines [plural], -ain [masculine]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin -āna. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|la|-āna|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin -āna, {{inh+|fr|la|-āna}} Inherited from Latin -āna Head templates: {{fr-noun|f|m=-ain}} -aine f (plural -aines, masculine -ain)
  1. (noun) female equivalent of -ain (demonym) Tags: feminine, form-of, morpheme, noun Form of: -ain (extra: demonym)
    Sense id: en--aine-fr-suffix-wpI2epNn Categories (other): French links with redundant wikilinks, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 25 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ɛn/
Etymology: Inherited from Latin -āna. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|la|-āna|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin -āna, {{inh+|fr|la|-āna}} Inherited from Latin -āna Head templates: {{head|fr|suffix|||||g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} -aine f, {{fr-suffix|g=f}} -aine f
  1. (adjective) forms the feminine singular of demonym adjectives in -ain Tags: adjective, feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--aine-fr-suffix-XWvE~yxp Categories (other): French links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ɛn/ Forms: -aines [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin -ēna. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|la|-ēna|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin -ēna, {{inh+|fr|la|-ēna}} Inherited from Latin -ēna Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} -aine f (plural -aines)
  1. (noun) indicates approximation, suffixed to a number Tags: feminine, morpheme, noun
    Sense id: en--aine-fr-suffix-yyeldAR8 Derived forms: huitaine, neuvaine, dizaine, douzaine, quinzaine, vingtaine, trentaine, quarantaine, cinquantaine, soixantaine, centaine
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for -aine meaning in French (4.6kB)

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