-ine

From Middle English -ine, borrowed from Old French -ine, from Latin -īnus, from Ancient Greek -ινος (-inos). More at -en.

-ine

1. (chiefly non-productive) Of or pertaining to.

   asinine, marine, bovine, cervine

2. Used to form demonyms.

   Levantine, Byzantine, Argentine

3. (chemistry) Used to form names of chemical substances, especially basic (alkaline) substances, alkaloidal substances, or halogen elements.

   amine, aniline, caffeine, iodine

4. (non-productive) Used to form feminine nouns.

   ‎hero + ‎-ine → ‎heroine

   ‎speaker + ‎-ine → ‎speakerine

5. (non-productive) Used to form female given names or names of titles.

   ‎Clement + ‎-ine → ‎Clementine

   ‎landgrave + ‎-ine → ‎landgravine

6. Commercial materials

   ‎glass + ‎-ine → ‎glassine

• -in

Variant of -en.

-ine

1. Can be used to denote the plural form of a small number of English words:

   ‎cow + ‎-ine → ‎kine

   ‎sow + ‎-ine → ‎swine

• “-ine” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “-ine” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

• EIN, NEI, NIE, Nie

-in +‎ -e

-ine

1. feminine singular of -in
2. feminine equivalent of -in

-ine f

1. genitive of -in

-ine f pl

1. plural of -ina

-īne

1. vocative masculine singular of -īnus