Variant spelling of-y
-ie
Formingdiminutive oraffectionate forms of nouns or names. 1869 An Old-Fashioned Girl :"Polly, I wish you 'd let me call you Marie," said Fanny one day, as they were shopping together.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."ie , and so do all the girls."Netties ,Nellies ,Hatties , andSallies there is. How 'Pollie' would look spelt so!"
dear →dearie sweet →sweetie smile →smilie (alsosmiley )Catherine →Cathie (alsoCathi ,Cathy );Katherine →Kathie (alsoKathi ,Kathy )Bill →Billie (alsoBilli ,Billy )( occasionally derogatory ) Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person associated with suffixed noun or verb. bike →bikie road →roadie surf →surfie town →townie Obsolete spelling of-y The-ie spelling is more common than-y when used to create words for people. Thushippie hippy
forming diminutive nouns or names
Afrikaans:-ie -etjie -jie -kie -pie -tjie Dutch:-tje (nl) ,-ie (nl) ,-je (nl) ,-etje (nl) ,-pje (nl) ,-kje (nl) ,-pie -kie -ke (nl) ,-ken (nl) French:-et (fr) m -ette (fr) f German:-chen (de) n Swedish:-is (sv) Turkish:-iş (tr)
FromDutch -je
-ie (plural -ies
Forms adiminutive 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. -ie f noun-forming suffix )
asuffix denoting a branch of science or study, similar to-ics Synonym: -ika FromMiddle Dutch -ie Latin -ia
-ie f
a variant of-ij Ultimately fromLatin -iō
-ie f
-ion ,-y An alteration ofje
-ie n
( Netherlands , informal ) -je Borrowed fromLatin -ia Ancient Greek -ία ( -ía ) ,-εια ( -eia ) .
-ie f plural -ies
indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one Borrowed from or influenced byFrench -ie -ia Doublet of-ei
-ie f plural -ien
Designates a feminine, usually abstract noun, from Latin or French roots. In the abstract noun sense, the plural is usually rarely used.
-ie
vocative masculine singular of-ius Borrowed fromOld French -ie Latin -ia
-ie
A suffix designatingabstract orcollective nouns, typically of French or Latin origin .-ie
Alternative form of-y -ie
Alternative form of-yf -ie
indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one Borrowed fromOld French -ie Latin -ia
-īe f
used to create female abstract nouns Inherited fromProto-Slavic *-ьje
-ie n noun-forming suffix )
forming nouns referring to collections dřěvo -ie → dřievie -ie
Alternative form of-iġe FromLatin -ia -erie
-ie
indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one Middle French:-ie Middle High German:-ie Middle English:-ie (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
-ie
forms adverbs from adjectives niewymowny -ie → niewymownie Inherited fromOld Polish -ie
IPA (key ) : /ˈjɛ/ Rhymes:-ɛ Syllabification:[please specify syllabification manually] -ie
forms adverbs from adjectives wybitny -ie → wybitnie Probably fromLatin -īlia -īlis Latin -ia Aromanian -ilji -ilje
-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. FromMiddle English -y Old English -iġ Proto-West Germanic *-g
-ie
Designates anadjective , in many cases formed by being appended to a noun .
