maine

See also: Maine, máine, and mâine

English

Adjective

maine (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of main.

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Finnish maine.

Pronunciation 1
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯ne/

Noun

maine (genitive maine, partitive mainet)

  1. reputation
  2. prestige, renown, fame

Declension
Inflection of maine (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative maine mained
accusative maine mained
genitive maine mainede
partitive mainet mainesid
illative maine
mainesse		 mainedesse
inessive maines mainedes
elative mainest mainedest
allative mainele mainedele
adessive mainel mainedel
ablative mainelt mainedelt
translative maineks mainedeks
terminative maineni mainedeni
essive mainena mainedena
abessive maineta mainedeta
comitative mainega mainedega

Etymology 2

From maa +‎ -ne.

Pronunciation 2
  • IPA(key): /mˈɑi̯ne/

Adjective

maine (genitive maise, partitive maist)

  1. earthly, worldly

Declension
Inflection of maine (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative maine maised
accusative maise maised
genitive maise maiste
partitive maist maiseid
illative maisesse maistesse
maiseisse
inessive maises maistes
maiseis
elative maisest maistest
maiseist
allative maisele maistele
maiseile
adessive maisel maistel
maiseil
ablative maiselt maistelt
maiseilt
translative maiseks maisteks
maiseiks
terminative maiseni maisteni
essive maisena maistena
abessive maiseta maisteta
comitative maisega maistega

Finnish

(index ma)

Etymology

main- +‎ -e; the root is most likely connected with mainoa (“to wonder, to praise”), a dialectal word that originates from a Sami language (compare Northern Sami máidnut), from mainita, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɑine
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɑine̞(ʔ)]
  • Hyphenation: mai‧ne

Noun

maine

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

Declension
Inflection of maine (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative maine maineet
genitive maineen maineiden
maineitten
partitive mainetta maineita
illative maineeseen maineisiin
maineihin
singular plural
nominative maine maineet
accusative nom. maine maineet
gen. maineen
genitive maineen maineiden
maineitten
partitive mainetta maineita
inessive maineessa maineissa
elative maineesta maineista
illative maineeseen maineisiin
maineihin
adessive maineella maineilla
ablative maineelta maineilta
allative maineelle maineille
essive maineena maineina
translative maineeksi maineiksi
instructive — mainein
abessive maineetta maineitta
comitative — maineineen

Compounds

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

maine

  1. Alternative form of mayn
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