Maine
English
[edit]Etymology 1
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From French Maine, named by its French explorers after the province in France with the same name, in turn named after the river with the same name that runs through it. From Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica. The word was rebracketed as ce (“this”) + Maine, and the ce- was lost by the 12th century.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (province of France):
- (place in the United States):
Proper noun
[edit]Maine
- A former province of Pays de la Loire, France. Capital: Le Mans.
- A river in Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France, a tributary of the Loire.
- A state of the United States; probably named for the province in France. Capital: Augusta. Largest city: Portland.
- Holonym: New England
- A town in New York.
- A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin; named for the state.
- A river in Maine, United States, flowing 5.5 miles from Pocomoonshine Lake in Princeton into Crawford Lake in Crawford.
- University of Maine.
Derived terms
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See also
[edit]States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Maine”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
[edit]Maine, Outagamie County, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Maine, New York on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Maine River (Maine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
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[edit]Maine
- A river in France, flowing 12 km through the city of Angers from the confluence of the Mayenne and Sarthe into the Loire.
Derived terms
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[edit]Maine
- A Scottish and English surname from Old French, a variant of Main.
- A village in Marathon County, Wisconsin; named for county sheriff Uriah E. Maine.
Further reading
[edit]Maine, Marathon County, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 4
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[edit]Maine
- A river in County Kerry, Ireland, flowing 43 km from Tobermaing into the Atlantic at Castlemaine.
Derived terms
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[edit]Etymology 5
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[edit]Maine
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Irish kings Maine mac Cerbaill and Maine mac Néill.
Etymology 6
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[edit]Maine
- Alternative form of Main: A river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Anagrams
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[edit]Maine ?
- Maine (a river in France)
- Maine (A traditional region of France, now in Pays de la Loire.)
- Maine (a state of the United States)
Derived terms
[edit]Danish
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[edit]Maine (genitive Maines)
- Maine (US state)
Finnish
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Maine
- Maine (a state of the United States)
- Maine (a province of France)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Maine (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Maine | — | |
genitive | Mainen | — | |
partitive | Mainea | — | |
illative | Maineen | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Maine | — | |
accusative | nom. | Maine | — |
gen. | Mainen | ||
genitive | Mainen | — | |
partitive | Mainea | — | |
inessive | Mainessa | — | |
elative | Mainesta | — | |
illative | Maineen | — | |
adessive | Mainella | — | |
ablative | Mainelta | — | |
allative | Mainelle | — | |
essive | Mainena | — | |
translative | Maineksi | — | |
abessive | Mainetta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica. The word was rebracketed as ce (“this”) + Maine, and the ce- was lost by the 12th century.
Proper noun
[edit]Maine m
- Maine (a province of France)
- Maine (a state of the United States)
Etymology 2
[edit]From earlier Maienne, from Latin Meduāna, of uncertain origin. Doublet of Mayenne.
Proper noun
[edit]Maine f
Derived terms
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[edit]German
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[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Maine
Hawaiian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Maine
- Maine (a state of the United States)
Italian
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Maine m
- Maine (a state of the United States)
Anagrams
[edit]Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English Maine, from French Maine, from Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica.
Proper noun
[edit]Maine n (indeclinable)
- Maine (a state of the United States)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from French Maine, from Old French Cemaine, from Latin *Cenomania, from the name of the Gaulish Cenomani tribe of Gallia Celtica.
Proper noun
[edit]Maine n (indeclinable)
Further reading
[edit]- Maine in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French Maine.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Maine
Proper noun
[edit]Maine m
- Maine (a state of the United States)
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Maine m inan (genitive singular Mainu, declension pattern of dub)
- Maine (a state of the United States)
References
[edit]- “Maine”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Maine ?
- Maine (a state of the United States)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Maine on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Gaulish
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/eɪn
- Rhymes:English/eɪn/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Historical political subdivisions
- en:Places in Pays de la Loire
- en:Places in France
- en:Rivers in Pays de la Loire
- en:Rivers in France
- en:Maine, USA
- en:States of the United States
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in New York, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Towns in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Places in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Rivers in Maine, USA
- en:Rivers in the United States
- en:Places in Maine, USA
- en:Universities
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old French
- en:Villages in Wisconsin, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- English eponyms
- English terms derived from Irish
- en:Rivers in County Kerry, Ireland
- en:Rivers in Ireland
- en:Places in County Kerry, Ireland
- en:Places in Ireland
- English terms derived from Old Irish
- English male given names from Old Irish
- English given names
- en:Rivers in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- en:Rivers in Northern Ireland
- en:Places in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- en:Places in Northern Ireland
- Catalan terms borrowed from French
- Catalan terms derived from French
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- ca:Rivers in France
- ca:Places in France
- ca:Historical and traditional regions
- ca:Maine, USA
- ca:States of the United States
- ca:Places in the United States
- Danish terms borrowed from English
- Danish terms derived from English
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:States of the United States
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Maine, USA
- fi:States of the United States
- fi:Places in the United States
- fi:Provinces of France
- fi:Places in France
- Finnish nalle-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms derived from Gaulish
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Provinces of France
- fr:Places in France
- fr:Maine, USA
- fr:States of the United States
- fr:Places in the United States
- French doublets
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Rivers in France
- German terms with audio links
- German non-lemma forms
- German proper noun forms
- German terms with archaic senses
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian proper nouns
- haw:Maine, USA
- haw:States of the United States
- haw:Places in the United States
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian 1-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛjn
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛjn/1 syllable
- Rhymes:Italian/ejn
- Rhymes:Italian/ejn/1 syllable
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Maine, USA
- it:States of the United States
- it:Places in the United States
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛjn
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛjn/1 syllable
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish unadapted borrowings from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish terms derived from French
- Polish terms derived from Old French
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Gaulish
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Maine, USA
- pl:States of the United States
- pl:Places in the United States
- Polish terms borrowed from French
- pl:Provinces of France
- pl:Places in France
- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- pt:Provinces of France
- pt:Places in France
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Maine, USA
- pt:States of the United States
- pt:Places in the United States
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak masculine nouns
- Slovak inanimate nouns
- sk:Maine, USA
- sk:States of the United States
- sk:Places in the United States
- Spanish terms borrowed from French
- Spanish terms derived from French
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Maine, USA
- es:States of the United States
- es:Places in the United States