maine

English Online Dictionary. What means maine‎? What does maine mean?

English

Noun

maine (plural maines)

1. Obsolete form of main.

Adjective

maine (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of main.

Anagrams

• minæ, minae, I mean, amine, animé, -amine, manie, Emina, anime

Cimbrian

Determiner

maine

1. vocative plural of main

Estonian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑine

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Finnish maine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯ne/

Noun

maine (genitive maine, partitive mainet)

1. reputation
2. prestige, renown, fame

Declension

Etymology 2

From maa +‎ -ne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mˈɑi̯ne/

Adjective

maine (genitive maise, partitive maist, comparative maisem, superlative kõige maisem)

1. earthly, worldly

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

main- +‎ -e; from the same root as mainita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯neˣ/, [ˈmɑ̝i̯ne̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑine
• Hyphenation^(key): mai‧ne

Noun

maine

1. reputation
2. prestige, renown, fame
3. (linguistics, dated) predicate

   Synonym: predikaatti

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “maine”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Minea, Naemi, anime

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

maine

1. Alternative form of mayn

Etymology 2

Noun

maine

1. Alternative form of meyne

Occitan

Pronunciation

Noun

maine m (plural maines)

1. (Gascony) domain

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