-ete
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ete"
Guaraní[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ete
- intensive suffix: very
- michĩete ― very small
- Hesa hovyete. ― His eyes are deep blue.
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ete
- (noun-forming suffix) Forms nouns from certain verbs (cf. -és), incorporating the third-person singular possessive suffix (-e), which can be replaced by other personal possessive suffixes.
Usage notes[edit]
- (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
- -ta is added to most back-vowel verbs
- -te is added to most front-vowel verbs
- -tte is added to front-vowel verbs that originally ended in a vowel (like jön, originally jő)
- -ata is added to back-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like hall)
- -ete is added to front-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like kell)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Italian[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ete
- used with a stem to form the second-person plural present and imperative of regular -ere verbs
Middle English[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ete
- Alternative form of -ite
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse -aðr and -óttr.
Suffix[edit]
-ete
- forming adjectives from nouns
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “-ete” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse -aðr and -óttr.
Suffix[edit]
-ete
- forming adjectives from nouns
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “-ete” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ete
- -ette (diminutive suffix)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- -ette (obsolete, except in given names)
Etymology[edit]
From French -ette (feminine of -et (diminutive suffix)), from Latin -itta. In some words, from these related sources:
- English -ette (from the same French etymon)
- the French masculine -et
- Italian -etto (from the same Latin etymon)
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
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-ete
- forms the diminutive of nouns; -ette; -let; -ie; -ling
Suffix[edit]
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-ete
- forms the female equivalents of some words, most commonly given names
Derived terms[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ete
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- -eta (after feminine nouns)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French -et. Doublet of -ito.
Suffix[edit]
-ete m (noun-forming suffix, plural -etes)
- Added to nouns and adjectives that often adds a diminutive or particularizing sense to the base.
Usage notes[edit]
- Used especially after masculine nouns. Compare -eta.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “-ete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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