# -ie
## English
### Alternative forms

* -ee, -ey

### Etymology

Variant spelling of -y.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /-i/

### Suffix

-ie
* Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names.
** 1869, Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl:"Polly, I wish you 'd let me call you Marie," said Fanny one day, as they were shopping together. "You may call me Mary, if you like; but I won't have any ie put on to my name. I'm Polly at home and I'm fond of being called so; but Marie is Frenchified and silly." "I spell my own name with an ie, and so do all the girls." "And what a jumble of Netties, Nellies, Hatties, and Sallies there is. How 'Pollie' would look spelt so!"
    dear → dearie
    sweet → sweetie
    smile → smilie (also smiley)
    Catherine → Cathie (also Cathi, Cathy); Katherine → Kathie (also Kathi, Kathy)
    Bill → Billie (also Billi, Billy)
* (occasionally derogatory) Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person associated with suffixed noun or verb.
    bike → bikie
    road → roadie
    surf → surfie
    town → townie
* Obsolete spelling of -y.

#### Usage notes

The -ie spelling is more common than -y when used to create words for people. Thus hippie is preferred over hippy.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* E/I, EI

## Afrikaans
### Alternative forms

* -etjie
* -jie
* -kie
* -pie
* -tjie

### Etymology

From Dutch -je.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/
* Audio:(file)

### Suffix

-ie (plural -ies)
* Forms a diminutive noun

#### Usage notes

* The suffix -ie is used in nouns that end in -b, -f, -g, -k, -p, -s. Nouns ending in other sounds use one of the alternative forms above.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɪjɛ]
* Rhymes: -ɪjɛ

### Suffix

-ie f (noun-forming suffix)
* a suffix denoting a branch of science or study, similar to -ics
    Synonym: -ika

#### Derived terms

* ekonomie
* ekonometrie
* pediatrie
* psychometrie

#### See also

* -nomie
* -logie

### Further reading

* -ie/-erie/-érie in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

## Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch -ie, ultimately from Latin -ia.

#### Suffix

-ie f
* a variant of -ij

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin -iō.

#### Suffix

-ie f
* -ion, -y

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 3

An alteration of je in popular speech.

#### Suffix

-ie n
* (Netherlands, informal) a variant of -je, a suffix forming diminutive nouns and informal adjectives

##### Derived terms
## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ia, a suffix used to create abstract nouns, and from Ancient Greek -ία (-ía), -εια (-eia).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i/
* Audio (Lyon):(file)

### Suffix

-ie f (plural -ies)
* indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “-ie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from or influenced by French -ie. Replaces Latin -ia in modern loans. Doublet of -ei.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /-iː/

### Suffix

-ie f (plural -ien)
* Designates a feminine, usually abstract noun, from Latin or French roots.

#### Usage notes

In the abstract noun sense, the plural is usually rarely used.

#### Derived terms
## Latin
### Suffix

-ie
* vocative masculine singular of -ius

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.

#### Alternative forms

* -y, -ye, -e

#### Suffix

-ie
* A suffix designating abstract or collective nouns, typically of French or Latin origin.

##### Descendants

* English: -y, -ie

#### References

* “-i(e, suf.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.

### Etymology 2
#### Suffix

-ie
* Alternative form of -y

### Etymology 3
#### Suffix

-ie
* Alternative form of -yf

## Middle French
### Suffix

-ie
* indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one

#### Descendants

* French: -ie

## Middle High German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia.

### Suffix

-īe f
* used to create female abstract nouns

#### Descendants

* German: -ei
* Yiddish: ־ײַ (-ay)

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьje.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈi̯ɛː/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈiː/

### Suffix

-ie n (noun-forming suffix)
* forming nouns referring to collections
    ‎dřěvo + ‎-ie → ‎dřievie

#### Descendants

* Czech: -í

## Old English
### Suffix

-ie
* Alternative form of -iġe

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin -ia; compare -erie.

### Suffix

-ie
* indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one

#### Descendants

* Middle French: -ie
** French: -ie
* Middle High German: -ie
* Middle English: -ie
** English: -y, -ie

## Old Polish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /iɛ/
* IPA: (15th CE) /iɛ/

### Suffix

-ie
* forms adverbs from adjectives
    ‎niewymowny + ‎-ie → ‎niewymownie

#### Descendants

* Polish: -ie

#### See also

* -o

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* -e

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish -ie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɛ/
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Suffix

-ie
* forms adverbs from adjectives
    ‎wybitny + ‎-ie → ‎wybitnie

#### See also

* -o

## Romanian
### Etymology

Probably from Latin -īlia, neuter plural of -īlis. Less likely from Latin -ia. Compare Aromanian -ilji, -ilje.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.e/

### Suffix

-ie f (plural -ii)
* Used with a stem to create a (usually abstract) noun relating to it; can be compared to -ship, -hood, -ness, -ity, etc.

#### See also

* -ia
* -ărie
* -eață
* -ime
* -tate
* -ciune

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* -y

### Etymology

From Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic *-g.

### Suffix

-ie
* Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by being appended to a noun.

### References

* “-ie, suff.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.