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词汇 -een
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-een
noun suffix
 ETYMOLOGY  probably from ratteen
: inferior fabric resembling (a specified fabric) : imitation
    velveteen
-een
/iːn/  
suffix
Irish forming diminutive nouns such as colleen
〈爱尔兰〉[构成指小的名词], 如colleen.
词源
from the Irish diminutive suffix -ín.
I.-een, suffix1|iːn|ultimately derived from L. -ī̆nus, -ī̆na adj. suffix, through F. -in, -ine, as in damaskeen (1551), canteen (1737), tureen (1706), bombazeen (18th–19th century variant of bombasine). Bombazeen apparently furnished the model for velveteen (1795, velvatean 1776), on which followed sateen (an alteration of satin).II.-een, suffix2|iːn|ad. Ir. dim. suffix -ín, as in buckeen (1793), colleen (1828), dudeen (1841), girleen (1836), jackeen (1840), poteen (1812), spalpeen (1780), squireen (1809).
-een
anglicized form of French -in, -ine, ultimately from Latin -inus, -ina.
-een

small one, dear one, imitation:
birdeen, canteen, sateen
1suffix1 | 2suffix2

 1 
-een /i:n/ suffix1.
ORIGIN: Repr. French -ine.
Forming names of fabrics, usu. of an inferior or coarser quality than that denoted by the root word, as sateen, velveteen.
 2 
-een /i:n/ suffix2.
ORIGIN: Repr. Irish -ín dim. suffix.
Used in adoptions of Irish diminutives, as colleen, dudeen, poteen, spalpeen, and in (orig. Irish) formations on English words, as buckeen, squireen.
-een
I. \|ēn\ noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: probably partly from the -een of ratteen and partly alteration of the -ine of armozine, bombazine
: inferior fabric resembling (a specified fabric) : imitation
 < sateen >
 < velveteen >
II. noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: Irish Gaelic -īn
chiefly Irish : small one : dear one : petty or contemptible one — in diminutive nouns
 < birdeen >
 < buckeen >
 < squireen >

-een

Suffix

  1. Ireland Used to form the diminutives of nouns in Hiberno-English.
    man + -eenmaneen (“little man”)
  2. Ireland Used to anglicise the Irish -ín suffix when anglicising Irish nouns.
    poitínpoteen

Etymology

Borrowing from Irish -ín, which forms diminutives in Irish.

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