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-quine

UK/kwiːn/US/kwɪn/

-quine suffix: used to form names of quinoline derivatives.

Suffix

-quine

  1. Used to form names of quinoline derivatives.

Origin of -quine

Contraction of quinoline.

Questions about -quine

What does -quine mean?
-quine means used to form names of quinoline derivatives.
What part of speech is -quine?
-quine is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -quine?
-quine is pronounced /kwiːn/ (UK).

Words near -quine in the dictionary

  1. -pterous
  2. -ptile
  3. -punk
  4. -pœia
  5. -quel
  6. -quine
  7. -quinil
  8. -racil
  9. -rama
  10. -rd
  11. -rds

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