[-ine] adj suffix 1: of or relating to "estuarine"
2: made of: like "opaline"
[2]-ine n suffix [ME -ine, -in, fr. MF & L; MF -ine, fr. L -ina, fr. fem. of -inus, adj. suffix] 1: chemical substance: as a: halogen element "chlorine" b: basic or base-containing carbon compound that contains nitrogen "quinine" "cystine" c: mixture of compounds (as of hydrocarbons) "gasoline" d: hydride "arsine"
2: -in 1a
3: commercial product or material "glassine"