-ie

• -ee, -ey

• enPR: -ē
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand, India) IPA^(key): /-iː/
• (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /-i/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: -ie

Variant spelling of -y (nominal suffix).

-ie

2. Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names.

   Synonyms: (suffixes) -cule, -ee, -el, -et, -ette, -icle, -kin, -le, -let, -ling, -ole, -ule, -y, (prefixes) mini-, micro-, nano-

   • 1869, Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl:

     "Polly, I wish you 'd let me call you Marie," said Fanny one day, as they were shopping together. ¶ "You may call me Mary, if you like; but I won't have any 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." ¶ "I spell my own name with an ie, and so do all the girls." ¶ "And what a jumble of Netties, Nellies, Hatties, and Sallies there is. How 'Pollie' would look spelt so!"

   dear → dearie

   sweet → sweetie

   smile → smilie (also smiley)

   Catherine → Cathie (also Cathi, Cathy); Katherine → Kathie (also Kathi, Kathy)

   Bill → Billie (also Billi, Billy)

4. Forming feminine or gender-neutral forms of given names.

   Jesse → Jessie

   Bill → Billie

   James → Jamie

6. (occasionally derogatory) Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person or thing associated with suffixed noun or verb.

   bike → bikie

   fridge → fridgie (“fridge magnet”)

   road → roadie

   surf → surfie

   town → townie

8. Forming nouns relative to an adjective.

   slow → slowie

   small → smallie

   tough → toughie

10. Forming colloquial interjections or phrases.

    alright → alrightie

    eww → ewwie

    good → goodie

    oops → oopsie

    ow → owie

The -ie spelling is more common than -y when used to create words for people. Thus hippie is preferred over hippy.

Variant spelling of -y (adjectival suffix).

-ie

2. (now rare) Alternative spelling of -y (adjectival suffix).

   hug → huggie

Back-formation from selfie.

-ie

2. A photograph, especially a selfie.

• E/I, EI

• -etjie
• -jie
• -kie
• -pie
• -tjie

From Dutch -je.

• IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio:

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-ie (plural -ies)

1. Forms a diminutive 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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪjɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɪjɛ

-ie f (noun-forming suffix)

1. a suffix denoting a branch of science or study, similar to -ics

   Synonym: -ika

• ekonomie
• ekonometrie
• pediatrie
• psychometrie

• -nomie
• -logie

• -ie/-erie/-érie in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

From Middle Dutch -ie, ultimately from Latin -ia.

-ie f

2. a variant of -ij

Ultimately from Latin -iō.

-ie f

2. -ion, -y

Dialectal (especially Hollandic) contraction of -je. In some of these areas, the pronoun je (“you”) may similarly contract (wat denkie, wat heppie, etc.).

-ie n

2. (Netherlands, informal) a variant of -je, a suffix forming diminutive nouns and informal adjectives

• Afrikaans: -ie

Borrowed from Latin -ia, a suffix used to create abstract nouns, and from Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia).

• IPA^(key): /i/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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-ie f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ies)

1. indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one

• “-ie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from or influenced by French -ie. Replaces Latin -ia in modern loans. Doublet of -ei.

• IPA^(key): /-iː/

-ie f (plural -ien)

1. Designates a feminine, usually abstract noun, from Latin or French roots.

In the abstract noun sense, the plural is usually rarely used.

• IPA^(key): /je/, /ˈi.e/
• Rhymes: -ie
• Hyphenation: -ie, -ì‧e

-ie

1. feminine plural of -io

-ie

1. vocative masculine singular of -ius

Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.

• -y, -ye, -e

-ie

1. A suffix designating abstract or collective nouns, typically of French or Latin origin.

• English: -y, -ie

• “-i(e, suf.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.

-ie

1. alternative form of -ien (infinitival suffix)

-ie

1. alternative form of -y

-ie

1. alternative form of -yf

-ie

1. indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one

• French: -ie

Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.

-īe f

1. used to create female abstract nouns

• German: -ei
• Yiddish: ־ײַ (-ay)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьje.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈi̯ɛː/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈiː/

-ie n (noun-forming suffix)

1. forming nouns referring to collections

   ‎dřěvo + ‎-ie → ‎dřievie

• This suffix causes first palatalisation of the preceding consonant.

• Czech: -í

-ie

1. alternative form of -iġe

From Latin -ia; compare -erie.

-ie

1. indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one

• Middle French: -ie
  • French: -ie
• Middle High German: -ie
• Middle English: -ie
  • English: -y, -ie

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-e.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /iɛ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /iɛ/

-ie

1. forms adverbs from adjectives

   ‎niewymowny + ‎-ie → ‎niewymownie

• Polish: -ie

• -o

• -e

Inherited from Old Polish -ie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

-ie

1. forms adverbs from adjectives

   ‎wybitny + ‎-ie → ‎wybitnie

• -o

Probably from Latin -īlia, neuter plural of -īlis. Less likely from Latin -ia. Compare Aromanian -ilji, -ilje.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.e/

-ie f (plural -ii)

1. Used with a stem to create a (usually abstract) noun relating to it; can be compared to -ship, -hood, -ness, -ity, etc.

• -ia
• -ărie
• -eață
• -ime
• -tate
• -ciune

• -y

From Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic *-g.

-ie

2. Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by being appended to a noun.
4. Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names.

• “-ie, suff.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.