-ie

Etymology
Variant spelling of.

Suffix

 * dear → dearie
 * sweet → sweetie
 * smile → smilie (also smiley)
 * Catherine → Cathie (also Cathi, Cathy); Katherine → Kathie (also Kathi, Kathy)
 * Bill → Billie (also Billi, Billy)
 * bike → bikie
 * road → roadie
 * surf → surfie
 * town → townie
 * road → roadie
 * surf → surfie
 * town → townie

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

Translations

 * Afrikaans: -ie, -etjie, -jie, -kie, -pie, -tjie
 * Dutch:, , , , , , -pie, -kie, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Etymology
From.

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.

Suffix

 * 1) a suffix denoting a branch of science or study, similar to -ics

Etymology 1
From, ultimately from.

Suffix

 * 1)  A variant of

Etymology 2
Ultimately from.

Suffix

 * 1)  -ion, -y

Etymology 3
An alteration of in popular speech.

Suffix

 * 1)   A variant of, a suffix forming diminutive nouns and informal adjectives.

Etymology
Borrowed from, a suffix used to create abstract nouns, and from ,.

Etymology 1
Borrowed from, from.

Suffix

 * 1) indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Etymology
From ; compare.

Suffix

 * 1) indicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one

Etymology
Probably from, neuter plural of. Less likely from 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬,.

Etymology
From, from , from.