-ie

• -ey

Variant spelling of -y.

• IPA^(key): /-i/

-ie

1. Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names.
   • 1869, Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl:

     "Polly, I wish you 'd let me call you Marie," said Fanny one day, as they were shopping together.

     "You may call me Mary, if you like; but I won't have any ie put on to my name. I'm Polly at home and I'm fond of being called so; but Marie is Frenchified and silly."

     "I spell my own name with an ie, and so do all the girls."

     "And what a jumble of Netties, Nellies, Hatties, and Sallies there is. How 'Pollie' would look spelt so!"

   dear → dearie

   sweet → sweetie

   smile → smiley or smilie

   Katherine → Kathie or Cathy

   Bill → Billy

2. (occasionally, sometimes derogatory) Forming nouns signifying the person associated with suffixed noun or verb.

   bike → bikie

   surf → surfie

   town → townie

• EI

• -etjie
• -jie
• -kie
• -pie
• -tjie

From Dutch -je.

• IPA^(key): /i/

-ie (plural -ies)

1. Forms a diminutive noun

• The suffix -ie is used in nouns that end in -b, -f, -g, -k, -p, -s. Nouns ending in other sounds use one of the alternative forms above.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪjɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɪjɛ

-ie f

1. A suffix denoting a branch of science or study, similar to -ics.

• -ika

• ekonomie
• ekonometrie
• pediatrie
• psychometrie

• -nomie
• -logie

• -ie/-erie/-érie in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

From Middle Dutch -ie, ultimately from Latin -ia.

-ie f

1. A variant of -ij

Ultimately from Latin -iō.

-ie f

1. -ion, -y

An alteration of je in popular speech.

-ie n

1. (Netherlands, informal) A variant of -je, a suffix forming diminutive nouns.

Borrowed from Latin -ia, a suffix used to create abstract nouns, and from Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia).

-ie

1. indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one

-ie

1. vocative masculine singular of -ius

Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.

• -y, -ye, -e

-ie

1. A suffix designating abstract or collective nouns, typically of French or Latin origin.

• English: -y, -ie

• “-i(e, (suf.4)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.

-ie

1. Alternative form of -y

• “-i, (suf.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.
• “-i(e, (suf.2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.

-ie

1. Alternative form of -yf

• “-i(e, (suf.5)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.

-ie

1. indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one

• French: -ie

Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.

-īe f

1. used to create female abstract nouns

• German: -ei
• Yiddish: ־ײַ‎ (-ay)

From Latin -ia.

-ie

1. indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one

• Middle French: -ie
  • French: -ie
• Middle High German: -ie
• Middle English: -ie
  • English: -y, -ie

Probably from Latin -īlia, neuter plural of -īlis. Less likely from Latin -ia. Compare Aromanian -ilji, -ilje.

• IPA^(key): /i.e/

-ie f (plural -ii)

1. Used with a stem to create a (usually abstract) noun relating to it; can be compared to -ship, -hood, -ness, -ity, etc.

• -ărie
• -eață
• -ime
• -tate
• -ciune