English Explanatory Dictionary

-een

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Used to form the diminutives of nouns in Hiberno-English.
  2. Used to anglicise the Irish -ín suffix when anglicising Irish nouns.

Word forms

-een

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish -ín (diminutive suffix).

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