IUPAC Commission of Nomenclature for Heterocyclic Compounds (1957)

-ete

1. Indicating an unsaturated 4-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen

• Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

-ete

1. intensive suffix:very

   michĩete ―very small

   Hesa hovyete. ―His eyes aredeep blue.

• IPA^(key): [ɛtɛ]

-ete

2. (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.

   ‎kell(“to be necessary”) + ‎-ete → ‎kellete(“its necessaryamount”)

• (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 (likejön, originallyjő)

  -ata is added to back-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (likehall)

  -ete is added to front-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (likekell)

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

-ete

1. used with a stem to form thesecond-personpluralpresent andimperative of regular-ere verbs

-ete

1. Alternative form of-ite

FromOld Norse-aðr and-óttr.

-ete

1. forming adjectives from nouns

• “-ete” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• -et,-ut (non-standard since2012)

FromOld Norse-aðr and-óttr.

-ete

1. forming adjectives from nouns

• “-ete” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

FromLatin-ittus.

-ete

1. female equivalent of-et

• Middle French:-ette
  • French:-ette
• → Middle English:-ette
  • English:-ette

• -ette(obsolete, except in given names)

FromFrench-ette (feminine of-et(diminutive suffix)), fromLatin-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)

Doublet of-ita and-eta.

g=m-f

-ete

1. forms the diminutive of nouns;-ette;-let;-ie;-ling

   ‎diabro(“devil, demon”) + ‎-ete → ‎diabrete(“imp; pixie”)

   ‎farol(“lighthouse”) + ‎-ete → ‎farolete(“small lighthouse”)

   Synonyms:-elho,-acho

   1. forms depreciative diminutives

      ‎artigo(“article”) + ‎-ete → ‎artiguete(“a bad article”)

      Synonym:-elho

   2. forms diminutives of adjectives

      ‎alegre(“joyful”) + ‎-ete → ‎alegrete(“somewhat joyful; tipsy”)

      Synonym:-inho

g=f

-ete

1. forms the female equivalents of some words, most commonly given names

   Synonym:-a

   ‎Valdo + ‎-ete → ‎Valdete

-ete

1. plural of-et

• -eta(after feminine nouns)

Borrowed fromFrench-et.Doublet of-ito.

-ete m (noun-forming suffix,plural-etes)

1. forms diminutives from nouns and adjectives, or gives a particularizing sense

   Synonyms:-cete,-ceta

   ‎palacio(“palace”) + ‎-ete → ‎palacete(“small palace”)

   ‎muro(“wall”) + ‎-ete → ‎murete(“low wall”)

   ‎ojo(“eye”) + ‎-ete → ‎ojete(“eyelet, grommet; eye hole; anus”)

   ‎jugar(“to play”) + ‎-ete → ‎juguete(“toy”)

   ‎puño(“fist”) + ‎-ete → ‎puñete(“punch with the fist”)

• Used especially after masculine nouns. Compare-eta.

• “-ete”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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