affin

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See also: Äffin and -affin

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

affin (feminine affine, masculine plural affins, feminine plural affines)

  1. affine (all senses)

Further reading

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affīnis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

affin (strong nominative masculine singular affiner, comparative affiner, superlative am affinsten)

  1. affine
    technikaffin ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Positive forms of affin
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist affin sie ist affin es ist affin sie sind affin
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative affiner affine affines affine
genitive affinen affiner affinen affiner
dative affinem affiner affinem affinen
accusative affinen affine affines affine
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der affine die affine das affine die affinen
genitive des affinen der affinen des affinen der affinen
dative dem affinen der affinen dem affinen den affinen
accusative den affinen die affine das affine die affinen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein affiner eine affine ein affines (keine) affinen
genitive eines affinen einer affinen eines affinen (keiner) affinen
dative einem affinen einer affinen einem affinen (keinen) affinen
accusative einen affinen eine affine ein affines (keine) affinen
Comparative forms of affin
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist affiner sie ist affiner es ist affiner sie sind affiner
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative affinerer affinere affineres affinere
genitive affineren affinerer affineren affinerer
dative affinerem affinerer affinerem affineren
accusative affineren affinere affineres affinere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der affinere die affinere das affinere die affineren
genitive des affineren der affineren des affineren der affineren
dative dem affineren der affineren dem affineren den affineren
accusative den affineren die affinere das affinere die affineren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein affinerer eine affinere ein affineres (keine) affineren
genitive eines affineren einer affineren eines affineren (keiner) affineren
dative einem affineren einer affineren einem affineren (keinen) affineren
accusative einen affineren eine affinere ein affineres (keine) affineren
Superlative forms of affin
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am affinsten sie ist am affinsten es ist am affinsten sie sind am affinsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative affinster affinste affinstes affinste
genitive affinsten affinster affinsten affinster
dative affinstem affinster affinstem affinsten
accusative affinsten affinste affinstes affinste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der affinste die affinste das affinste die affinsten
genitive des affinsten der affinsten des affinsten der affinsten
dative dem affinsten der affinsten dem affinsten den affinsten
accusative den affinsten die affinste das affinste die affinsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein affinster eine affinste ein affinstes (keine) affinsten
genitive eines affinsten einer affinsten eines affinsten (keiner) affinsten
dative einem affinsten einer affinsten einem affinsten (keinen) affinsten
accusative einen affinsten eine affinste ein affinstes (keine) affinsten

Further reading

  • “affin” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

From German affin, from Latin affinis.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

affin (comparative affinabb, superlative legaffinabb)

  1. (mathematics) affine
  2. (geometry) affine
  3. (chemistry) affine (of two materials, having mutual affinity, able to form bonds)
    Synonym: vegyrokon

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative affin affinok
accusative affint affinokat
dative affinnak affinoknak
instrumental affinnal affinokkal
causal-final affinért affinokért
translative affinná affinokká
terminative affinig affinokig
essive-formal affinként affinokként
essive-modal — —
inessive affinban affinokban
superessive affinon affinokon
adessive affinnál affinoknál
illative affinba affinokba
sublative affinra affinokra
allative affinhoz affinokhoz
elative affinból affinokból
delative affinról affinokról
ablative affintól affinoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		affiné affinoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		affinéi affinokéi

Derived terms

Expressions

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

aff- +‎ in

Pronunciation

Preposition

affin

  1. off

References

Swedish

Adjective

affin

  1. (mathematics) affine; describing a function expressible as f(x)=ax+b (which is not linear, but is similar)
  2. (mathematics) affine; of or pertaining to a transformation that maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.

Declension

Inflection of affin
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular affin — —
Neuter singular affint — —
Plural affina — —
Masculine plural3 affine — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 affine — —
All affina — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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