-ie
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant spelling of -y.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie
- 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!"
- (occasionally derogatory) Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person associated with suffixed noun or verb.
- Obsolete spelling of -y.
Usage notes
[edit]The -ie spelling is more common than -y when used to create words for people. Thus hippie is preferred over hippy.
Derived terms
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[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie (plural -ies)
- Forms a diminutive noun
Usage notes
[edit]- 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.
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie f (noun-forming suffix)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- -ie/-erie/-érie in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Dutch
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch -ie, ultimately from Latin -ia.
Suffix
[edit]-ie f
- A variant of -ij
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie f
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]An alteration of je in popular speech.
Suffix
[edit]-ie n
- (Netherlands, informal) A variant of -je, a suffix forming diminutive nouns and informal adjectives.
Derived terms
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin -ia, a suffix used to create abstract nouns, and from Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie f (plural -ies)
- indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-ie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.
Alternative forms
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie
- A suffix designating abstract or collective nouns, typically of French or Latin origin.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “-i(e, suf.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.
Etymology 2
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie
- Alternative form of -y
Etymology 3
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie
- Alternative form of -yf
Middle French
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie
- indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- French: -ie
Middle High German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.
Suffix
[edit]-īe f
- used to create female abstract nouns
Descendants
[edit]Old English
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie
- Alternative form of -iġe
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin -ia; compare -erie.
Suffix
[edit]-ie
- indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Old Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie
- forms adverbs from adjectives
- niewymowny -ie → niewymownie
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Polish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Latin -īlia, neuter plural of -īlis. Less likely from Latin -ia. Compare Aromanian -ilji, -ilje.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ie f (plural -ii)
- Used with a stem to create a (usually abstract) noun relating to it; can be compared to -ship, -hood, -ness, -ity, etc.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Scots
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic *-g.
Suffix
[edit]-ie
- Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by being appended to a noun.
References
[edit]- “-ie, suff.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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