WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
I•na
(ī′nə),USA pronunciation n.
-ina1 ,
-ina2 ,
- a female given name.
-ina1 ,
- a suffix used in the formation of nouns of various types, esp. female proper names, musical instruments, compositions, etc.:Wilhelmina; sonatina.Cf. -in2, -ine2.
- Latin -īna, feminine of -īnus
-ina2 ,
- Biologya suffix used in taxonomic names in biology:Euglenoidina; Nemertina.
- Neo-Latin, neuter plural of Latin -īnus or Greek -inos; compare -in1, -ine1
'Ina' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-in
- -ine
- Claire
- abominate
- acarine
- almandine
- aminate
- antidiscrimination
- antimachination
- barracudina
- canteen
- capeline
- carinate
- cavatina
- concertina
- concubine
- contaminate
- coquina
- crash
- criminate
- cross-examine
- curtain
- czarina
- deaminate
- decontaminate
- denominational
- denominationalism
- deracinate
- desalinate
- discipline
- discrimination
- discriminative
- disseminate
- doctrine
- dominate
- effeminate
- eliminate
- esculin
- evaginate
- examination
- farina
- figurine
- fluorinate
- foraminate
- gelatin
- gelatinate
- globigerina
- glossina
- gregarine
- imagination