-cin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cin"

English

Etymology

From English colicin, from French colicine, from coli- +‎ -cine, with ending formed by analogy from antibiotics like auréomycine, streptomycine, with second element from myc- +‎ -ine.

Suffix

-cin

bacteriocin
Antibiotic substance.

Derived terms

Anagrams

ICN, INC, Inc, Inc., NCI, NIC, Nic, inc, inc., nic

Turkish

	preceding vowel
	a / ı	e / i	o / u	ö / ü
default	-cın	-cin	-cun	-cün
assimilated	-çın	-çin	-çun	-çün

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-čin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈ-d͡ʒin/

Suffix

-cin

forms animal names, epecially the names of birds and insects
‎gümüş (“silver”) + ‎-cin → ‎gümüşçün (“silverfish”)

‎balık (“fish”) + ‎-cin → ‎balıkçın (“common tern”)

‎çamur (“mud, mire”) + ‎-cin → ‎çamurcun (“teal”)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -cin