-ite
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Via Old French, from Latin -ites
Pronunciation [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-ite
- a follower or adherent of a specified person
- a descendant of a specified historical person
- 1830, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, translation of original by Mormon, 4 Nephi 1:17:
- There were no robbers, nor murderers, neither were there Lamanites, nor any manner of -ites; but they were in one, the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God.
- 1830, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, translation of original by Mormon, 4 Nephi 1:17:
- part of the body or part of an organ of the body
- a rock, mineral or fossil
- the product of a specified process or a commercial product
- (chiefly US) a native or resident of a specified place
- (chemistry) a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous
Derived terms [edit]
follower; adherent
descendant of a personage
part of the body or an organ thereof
rock; mineral; fossil
a commercial or process’s product
(mostly US) an area’s inhabitant
(chemistry) a salt or ester of an -ous-terminal acid
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Latin past participles in -ītus, of verbs in -īre, -ĕre, -ēre, partly via Old French.
Pronunciation [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-ite
- forming adjectives
Derived terms [edit]
See also [edit]
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /it/
Etymology [edit]
Via Latin -ītēs from Ancient Greek -ίτης.
Suffix [edit]
-ite
Italian [edit]
Suffix [edit]
-ite
- Used with a stem to form the masculine plural past participle of regular -ire verbs
- Used with a stem to form the second-person plural present and imperative of regular -ire verbs
- (mineralogy) -ite
- (chemistry) -ite
- (pathology) -itis
