maine

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See also: Maine, máine, and mâine

English

Noun

maine (plural maines)

  1. Obsolete form of main.
    • 1624, John Donne, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      No man is an Illand, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the maine...

Adjective

maine (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of main.

Anagrams

Cimbrian

Determiner

maine

  1. vocative plural of main

Estonian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Finnish maine.

Pronunciation

Noun

maine (genitive maine, partitive mainet)

  1. reputation
  2. prestige, renown, fame
Declension
Declension of maine (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative maine mained
accusative nom.
gen. maine
genitive mainete
partitive mainet maineid
illative mainesse mainetesse
maineisse
inessive maines mainetes
maineis
elative mainest mainetest
maineist
allative mainele mainetele
maineile
adessive mainel mainetel
maineil
ablative mainelt mainetelt
maineilt
translative maineks maineteks
maineiks
terminative maineni maineteni
essive mainena mainetena
abessive maineta maineteta
comitative mainega mainetega

Etymology 2

From maa +‎ -ne.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. earthly, worldly
Declension
Declension of maine (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative maine maised
accusative nom.
gen. maise
genitive 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

Etymology

main- +‎ -e; either from mainita or from the dialectal verb mainoa (“to wonder, to praise”) (compare mainos and possibly mainio), which is also ultimately related to mainita.

Pronunciation

Noun

maine

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

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
abessive maineetta maineitta
instructive — mainein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of maine (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative maineeni maineeni
accusative nom. maineeni maineeni
gen. maineeni
genitive maineeni maineideni
maineitteni
partitive mainettani maineitani
inessive maineessani maineissani
elative maineestani maineistani
illative maineeseeni maineisiini
maineihini
adessive maineellani maineillani
ablative maineeltani maineiltani
allative maineelleni maineilleni
essive maineenani maineinani
translative maineekseni maineikseni
abessive maineettani maineittani
instructive — —
comitative — maineineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative maineesi maineesi
accusative nom. maineesi maineesi
gen. maineesi
genitive maineesi maineidesi
maineittesi
partitive mainettasi maineitasi
inessive maineessasi maineissasi
elative maineestasi maineistasi
illative maineeseesi maineisiisi
maineihisi
adessive maineellasi maineillasi
ablative maineeltasi maineiltasi
allative maineellesi maineillesi
essive maineenasi maineinasi
translative maineeksesi maineiksesi
abessive maineettasi maineittasi
instructive — —
comitative — maineinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative maineemme maineemme
accusative nom. maineemme maineemme
gen. maineemme
genitive maineemme maineidemme
maineittemme
partitive mainettamme maineitamme
inessive maineessamme maineissamme
elative maineestamme maineistamme
illative maineeseemme maineisiimme
maineihimme
adessive maineellamme maineillamme
ablative maineeltamme maineiltamme
allative maineellemme maineillemme
essive maineenamme maineinamme
translative maineeksemme maineiksemme
abessive maineettamme maineittamme
instructive — —
comitative — maineinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative maineenne maineenne
accusative nom. maineenne maineenne
gen. maineenne
genitive maineenne maineidenne
maineittenne
partitive mainettanne maineitanne
inessive maineessanne maineissanne
elative maineestanne maineistanne
illative maineeseenne maineisiinne
maineihinne
adessive maineellanne maineillanne
ablative maineeltanne maineiltanne
allative maineellenne maineillenne
essive maineenanne maineinanne
translative maineeksenne maineiksenne
abessive maineettanne maineittanne
instructive — —
comitative — maineinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative maineensa maineensa
accusative nom. maineensa maineensa
gen. maineensa
genitive maineensa maineidensa
maineittensa
partitive mainettaan
mainettansa 		maineitaan
maineitansa
inessive maineessaan
maineessansa 		maineissaan
maineissansa
elative maineestaan
maineestansa 		maineistaan
maineistansa
illative maineeseensa maineisiinsa
maineihinsa
adessive maineellaan
maineellansa 		maineillaan
maineillansa
ablative maineeltaan
maineeltansa 		maineiltaan
maineiltansa
allative maineelleen
maineellensa 		maineilleen
maineillensa
essive maineenaan
maineenansa 		maineinaan
maineinansa
translative maineekseen
maineeksensa 		maineikseen
maineiksensa
abessive maineettaan
maineettansa 		maineittaan
maineittansa
instructive — —
comitative — maineineen
maineinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

maine

  1. Alternative form of mayn

Etymology 2

Noun

maine

  1. Alternative form of meyne

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

maine m (plural maines)

  1. (Gascony) domain

References

  1. ^ Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, p. 91. As domaine in French.
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