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-ie¹

  • /-iː/ Australia, India, New Zealand
  • /-i/ Canada, US, Scotland

Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

Variant spelling of -y, with the spelling possibly influenced by the cognate Scots -ie.

suffix -ee · -ey

  1. morpheme Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names. “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

    Similar: -cule, -ee, -el, -et, -ette, -icle, -kin, -le, -let, -ling, -ole, -ule

  2. morpheme Forming feminine or gender‐neutral forms of given names. Jesse → Jessie
  3. Australia, New Zealand, UK, morpheme Forms colloquial clippings (often functioning as familiarizers), truncating the root to a single stressed syllable. Australia/Australian → Aussie
  4. morpheme Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person or thing associated with the suffixed noun or verb. bike → bikie
  5. morpheme Forming nouns relative to an adjective. slow → slowie
  6. morpheme Forming colloquial interjections or phrases. alright → alrightie

-ie²

  • /-iː/ Australia, India, New Zealand
  • /-i/ Canada, US, Scotland

Rhymes with -iː

suffix -ee · -ey

  1. alternative, archaic, morpheme Alternative spelling of -y (adjectival suffix). hug → huggie

-ie³

  • /-iː/ Australia, India, New Zealand
  • /-i/ Canada, US, Scotland

Rhymes with -iː

suffix -ee · -ey

  1. morpheme A photograph, especially a selfie.

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suffix forming diminutive nouns or names

Españolito, ita
Français-et, -ette
Deutsch-chen

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"-ie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-ie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

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BibTeX
@misc{ie_2026,
  title = {-ie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}