-ain
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ain"
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French -ain, from Latin -ānus, whence also French -an and -ien.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ain m (plural -ains, feminine -aine)
- suffix used to form noun (uppercase) demonyms
- suffix used to form adjective (lowercase) demonyms
- indicates the old oblique case (cas régime) of certain nouns
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ain
- Forms the oblique case, especially for feminine nouns.
- Forms adjectives from nouns.
Descendants[edit]
- French: -ain
Categories:
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French doublets
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- French noun-forming suffixes
- French countable nouns
- French masculine suffixes
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French suffixes