-itude

English

Alternative forms

• -tude

Etymology

From Latin -tūdō (“signifying a noun of state”), via French -itude.

Suffix

-itude

1. state of

Usage notes

• Most words ending in -itude (or -tude) are derived from Latin words ending in -tudo or French words ending in -tude, not by suffixation in Modern English.
• Some words have been formed in Modern English, e.g. adaptitude, perfectitude.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -itude

terms derived using -itude

• altitude
• amplitude
• aptitude
• attitude
• beatitude
• certitude
• correctitude
• decrepitude
• definitude
• dissimilitude

• exactitude
• finitude
• fortitude
• gratitude
• habitude
• inaptitude
• incertitude
• ineptitude
• inexactitude
• infinitude

• ingratitude
• lassitude
• latitude
• longitude
• magnitude
• multitude
• negritude
• platitude
• plenitude
• pulchritude

• rectitude
• senectitude
• servitude
• similitude
• solicitude
• solitude
• turpitude
• vastitude
• verisimilitude
• vicissitude

Translations

suffix

• French: -itude (fr)
• Galician: -itude f
• German: -tude, -itüde
• Italian: -itudine
• Japanese: -さ (ja) (sa), -度 (ja) (do)
• Latin: -itudo
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: -ituda f, -ość (pl) f, -stwo (pl)
• Portuguese: -itude f, -idão f
• Romanian: -itudine
• Spanish: -itud f
• Swahili: hali ya class n/n

Anagrams

• dutie

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin -itudo. Cognate to French -tume, which is not borrowed but inherited from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.tyd/

Suffix

-itude

1. -itude

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -itude

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ˈtu.d͡ʒi/

Suffix

-itude f

1. -itude; -ness (forms abstract nouns, from adjectives, indicating a state or condition)

Synonyms

• -idão, -eza, -idade