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-ina

-ina suffix: used to form feminine nouns.

Suffix

-ina

  1. Used to form feminine nouns.
    • Here are the male spider and the female spider (which shall be named “spiderina” in this article), both of the species of the garden spider. The former is only two-thirds of the size of Miss Spiderina.1915 May, Wilhelm Boelsche, translated by Rheamars Dredenov, “The Love Adventures of the Spider”, in Charles H[ope] Kerr, editor, The International Socialist Review, volume XV, number 11, Chicago...
    • I HAVE PROBABLY INVENTED THE PROFESSION OF LAWYERINA2015, Jim Benton, “Thursday 12”, in Live Each Day to the Dumbest (Dear Dumb Diary: Year Two), New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    -ine
  2. Used to form names of musical instruments.

Synonyms of -ina

Origin of -ina

From Italian -ina and its etymon Classical Latin -īna. In some instances perhaps also partly via Spanish -ina. Doublet of -ine.

Questions about -ina

What does -ina mean?
-ina means used to form feminine nouns.
What part of speech is -ina?
-ina is a suffix.

Words near -ina in the dictionary

  1. -imus
  2. -in
  3. -in'
  4. -in-law
  5. -in-waiting
  6. -ina
  7. -inator
  8. -inda
  9. -ine
  10. -ing
  11. -ing-form

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