-yne
French, suffix/in/
-yne is spelled Y-N-E (3 letters). -yne is a French masculine suffix meaning “-yne” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suffixe apposé aux composés organiques qui ont une ou plusieurs triples liaisons”.
What does -yne mean in English?
suffix
- 1
masculine-yne
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Suffixe apposé aux composés organiques qui ont une ou plusieurs triples liaisons.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce -yne?
- /in/
- \in\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.