From French Maine, named by its French explorers after the province in France with the same name, in turn named after the river with the same name that runs through it. From Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica. The word was rebracketed as ce (“this”) + Maine, and the ce- was lost by the 12th century.
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Inflection of Maine (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Maine | — | ||
genitive | Mainen | — | ||
partitive | Mainea | — | ||
illative | Maineen | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Maine | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Maine | — | |
gen. | Mainen | |||
genitive | Mainen | — | ||
partitive | Mainea | — | ||
inessive | Mainessa | — | ||
elative | Mainesta | — | ||
illative | Maineen | — | ||
adessive | Mainella | — | ||
ablative | Mainelta | — | ||
allative | Mainelle | — | ||
essive | Mainena | — | ||
translative | Maineksi | — | ||
abessive | Mainetta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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From Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica. The word was rebracketed as ce (“this”) + Maine, and the ce- was lost by the 12th century.
Maine m
From earlier Maienne, from Latin Meduāna, of uncertain origin. Doublet of Mayenne.
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Unadapted borrowing from English Maine, from French Maine, from Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica.
Maine n (indeclinable)
Borrowed from French Maine, from Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica.
Maine n (indeclinable)
Unadapted borrowing from French Maine.
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Maine m inan (genitive singular Mainu, declension pattern of dub)
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