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ine

n.
C2 Proficiency ine

n. a word used in some languages to show that a person or thing is female. It is often used in names or to describe a female animal.

n. a morpheme or suffix used in various languages to indicate the feminine gender of a noun. Often appears in proper names or in the naming of female animals.


CONTEXTUAL

In many Romance languages, the suffix -ine is used to form the feminine form of a noun.

COMPLEX

Linguists often study how the suffix -ine functions across different dialects to understand the historical evolution of gender markers in the language.

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