"-ien" meaning in French

See -ien in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /jɛ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00--ien.wav Forms: -iens [plural], -ienne [feminine]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French -ien, from Old French -ien, from Latin -iānus, from -ānus. Cognate to French -ain and -an. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|-ien|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French -ien, {{inh+|fr|frm|-ien}} Inherited from Middle French -ien, {{inh|fr|fro|-ien}} Old French -ien, {{inh|fr|la|-iānus}} Latin -iānus, {{m|la|-ānus}} -ānus, {{cog|fr|-ain}} French -ain, {{m|fr|-an}} -an Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} -ien m (plural -iens, feminine -ienne)
  1. forms nouns denoting where something or someone is from; -ian Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ien-fr-suffix-0~XFKAX7 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Suffix

IPA: /jɛ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00--ien.wav Forms: -ienne [feminine], -iens [masculine, plural], -iennes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French -ien, from Old French -ien, from Latin -iānus, from -ānus. Cognate to French -ain and -an. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|-ien|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French -ien, {{inh+|fr|frm|-ien}} Inherited from Middle French -ien, {{inh|fr|fro|-ien}} Old French -ien, {{inh|fr|la|-iānus}} Latin -iānus, {{m|la|-ānus}} -ānus, {{cog|fr|-ain}} French -ain, {{m|fr|-an}} -an Head templates: {{fr-adj}} -ien (feminine -ienne, masculine plural -iens, feminine plural -iennes)
  1. forms adjectives indicating relation to; -ian Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ien-fr-suffix-tooDJorP Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Inflected forms

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

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