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Meaning of -een | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Français -éen

Examples

“man + -een → maneen (“little man”)”
“poitín → poteen”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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