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-ine
-ine 1suff.1. Of or relating to: Benedictine.2. Made of; resembling: opaline.
[Middle English -in, -ine, from Old French, from Latin -īnus, -īna, adj. suff., and from Latin -inus, adj. suff. (from Greek -inos).]
-ine 2suff.1. also -in A chemical substance, especially:a. Halogen: bromine.b. Basic compound: amine.c. Alkaloid: quinine.2. Amino acid: glycine.3. A mixture of compounds: gasoline.4. Commercial material: glassine.
[Ultimately from Latin -īnus and -inus, adj. suffixes; see -ine1.]-ine suffix forming adjectives 1. of, relating to, or belonging to: saturnine. 2. consisting of or resembling: crystalline. [from Latin -īnus, from Greek -inos]
-ine suffix forming nouns 1. (Chemistry) indicating a halogen: chlorine. 2. (Chemistry) indicating a nitrogenous organic compound, including amino acids, alkaloids, and certain other bases: alanine; nicotine; purine. 3. (Chemistry) Also: -in indicating a chemical substance in certain nonsystematic names: glycerine. 4. (Chemistry) indicating a mixture of hydrocarbons: benzine. 5. indicating a feminine form: heroine. 6. (Chemistry) an obsolete equivalent of -yne [via French from Latin -ina (from -inus) and Greek -inē]-ine1 , an adjective-forming suffix meaning “of, pertaining to, or characteristic of,” “of the nature of,” “made of”: Alpine; crystalline; equine; marine. [< Latin -īnus; in some cases (< Latin -inus) < Greek -inos] -ine2 , a noun suffix used in the names of many organic compounds, esp. basic substances (amine; caffeine), and several elements (bromine; chlorine). Compare -in 1 . [< French; orig. identical with -ine3] -ine3 , a noun-forming suffix found in a diverse group of words primarily of Latin and Romance origin, including abstract nouns ( doctrine; famine; rapine), agent nouns ( concubine; inquiline), names of artifacts or workplaces ( fascine), and diminutives ( figurine; tambourine); in more recent coinages, this suffix occurs in names of prepared substances or commercial products ( brilliantine; gabardine; glassine; saltine). [(< French -in, -ine) < Latin -īnus (agentive), -īna place, thing, or abstraction] -ine4 , a suffix of distinctively feminine nouns ( chorine; heroine), given names ( Josephine; Pauline), and feminine titles ( margravine). [< French -ine < Latin -īna < Greek -īnē] -ine
-ine (īn, ēn), 1. A suffix used to form the names of chemical substances, including halogens (e.g., chlorine), organic bases (guanine), amino acids (glycine), botanical principles (caffeine), pharmaceuticals (meperidine), and others. 2. General adj. suffix (e.g., equine, uterine). 3. Dim. suffix (e.g., cholerine). [G. -inos,, L. -inus, adj. suffixes] -ine [L. -ina, adj. suffix; and Gr. -ine, adj. suffix] Suffix in chemistry used in naming basic substances, e.g., aconitine, amine, nicotine. See: -in |