FromFrench -ite Old French Latin -ītēs Ancient Greek -ῑ́της ( -ī́tēs ) .
-ite
( sometimes derogatory ) Used to form nouns denotingfollowers oradherents of a specified person,idea ,doctrine ,movement , etc. Adamsite Campbellite Jacobite laborite Mansonite Reaganite Thatcherite Used to form nouns denotingdescendants of a specifiedhistorical person, especially abiblical figure. Cainite Ephraimite Hamite Japhetite Lamanite 1830 Joseph Smith ,Book of Mormon 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.
( chiefly US , India ) Used to formdemonyms . Brooklynite Delhiite Jerusalemite Keralite Kilgoreite New Jerseyite Seattleite Seoulite Sydneyite Wisconsinite Wyomingite ashramite hostelite Used to form nouns denotingrocks orminerals . andalusite anorthosite anthracite erythrite forsterite graphite hawleyite titanite Used to form nouns denotingfossil organisms . ammonite belemnite ( biology ) Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of thebody or anorgan of the body. dendrite somite Used to form nouns denoting theproduct of a specifiedprocess or acommercially manufactured product. Bakelite cordite dynamite ebonite metabolite vulcanite ( chemistry ) Used to form names of certainchemical compounds , especiallysalts oresters ofacids whose name ends in-ous . bromite chlorite iodite phosphite sulfite ( rare ) Used to form nouns for kinds, mostly from bases of Ancient Greek origin. sporozoite epizoite troglobite lychnobite a follower or adherent of a specified person
a descendant of a specified historical person
part of the body or part of an organ of the body
used to form names of minerals and rocks
a native or resident of a specified place
a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous
FromLatin -ītus -īre -ĕre, -ēre Old French
-ite
Forms adjectives.
Akin toSaho -ite
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Used to formcaptative verbs fromnouns . E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985 ),An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English) , University of London,→ISBN 242 -ite
past adverbial passive participle of-i Borrowed fromLatin -ītēs Ancient Greek -ῑ́της ( -ī́tēs ) , fromπολῑ́της ( polī́tēs ) , fromπόλις ( pólis ) +-της ( -tēs ) .
-ite f noun-forming suffix ,plural -ites
( medicine ) -itis alvéole ( “ alveolus ” ) + -ite → alvéolite ( “ alveolitis ” ) ( mineralogy ) -ite pyro- ( “ pyro- ” ) + -ite → pyrite ( “ pyrite ” ) -ite m noun-forming suffix ,plural -ites
( chemistry ) -ite arsénique ( “ arsenic ” ) + -ite → arsénite ( “ arsenite ” ) -ite m or f by sense noun-forming suffix ,plural -ites
-ite ( follower of someone or something ) Adam ( “ Adam ” ) + -ite → adamite ( “ Adamite ” ) Ali ( “ Ali ” ) + -ite → alaouite ( “ Alawite ” ) -ite ( person from a given location, especially in a historical context ) Israël ( “ Israel ” ) + -ite → Israélite ( “ Israelite ” ) -ite (adjective-forming suffix ,plural -ites
-ite ( relating to following someone or something ) Anaximandre ( “ Anaximander ” ) + -ite → anaximandrite ( “ Anaximanderian ” ) -ite ( relating to a given location, especially in a historical context ) Israël ( “ Israel ” ) + -ite → israélite ( “ Israelite ” ) Borrowed fromEnglish -ite French -ite Italian -ita Portuguese -ita Spanish -ita Latin -īta Ancient Greek -ίτης ( -ítēs ) .
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forms nouns from nouns, denoting a rock or mineral ;-ite ligno ( “ wood ” ) + -ite → lignite ( “ lignite ” ) meteoro ( “ meteor ” ) + -ite → meteorite ( “ meteorite ” ) Andalusia ( “ Andalusia ” ) + -ite → andalusite ( “ andalusite ” ) This suffix is not to be confused with-ita ( “ inhabitant, adherent ” ) . CategoryInterlingua terms suffixed with -ite not found
Alexander Gode ; Hugh E. Blair (1955 ),Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language ,→ISBN -ite f plural -iti
used with a stem to form thefeminine plural past participle of regular-ire used with a stem to form thesecond-person pluralpresent andimperative of regular -ire verbs ( mineralogy ) -ite ( chemistry ) -ite ( pathology ) -itis See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
-ītē
ablative / vocative singular of-ītēs See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
-īte
ablative / vocative masculine singular of-ītus See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
-ite
ablative / vocative masculine singular of-itus -ete -etee -itee -iteþ -itie -itye -yte -ytee -ytie -ythe -ytye FromOld French -ite -ete Latin -itās, -itātem -te
-ite
synonym of-te Syncope sometimes results in the replacement of-ite -te trinte trinite ( “ Trinity ” ) . Conversely, learned influence may sometimes result in-te -ite -itās personalte ( “ personality ” ) withpersonalite persōnālitās As in modern English,-ite -te
-ite f noun-forming suffix ,plural -ites
( pathology ) -itis ( forms the names of diseases characterised by inflammation ) ( geology , Portugal ) -ite ( forms the names of rocks and minerals ) Synonyms: ( Brazil ) -ita ( less common ) -ito 
