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Appendix:Variations of "ite" English Etymology 1 en noun :der fr:-ite 1 From en fr -ite, from en fro -, from en la -ītēs, from en grc -ῑ́της. Alternative forms en -it extremely rare Pronunciation en /-aɪt/ GenAm,RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--ite.wav US Suffix en suffix plural -ites noun-forming suffixes en sometimes pejorative Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc. Adamsite, Campbellite, Jacobite, laborite, Mansonite, Reaganite, Thatcherite Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a biblical figure. Cainite, Ephraimite, Hamite, Japhetite, Lamanite en 1830 w:Joseph Smith Mormon (prophet) Mormon w:Book of 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. en chiefly US India Used to form demonyms. Brooklynite, Delhiite, Jerusalemite, Keralite, Kilgoreite, New Jerseyite, Seattleite, Seoulite, Sydneyite, Wisconsinite, Wyomingite; also see ashramite, hostelite en mineralUsed to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals. andalusite, anorthosite, anthracite, erythrite, forsterite, graphite, hawleyite, titanite Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms. ammonite, belemnite en biology Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of the body or an organ of the body. dendrite, somite Used to form nouns denoting the product of a specified process or a commercially manufactured product. Bakelite, cordite, dynamite, ebonite, metabolite, vulcanite en chemistry Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous. bromite, chlorite, iodite, phosphite, sulfite en rare Used to form nouns for kinds, mostly from bases of Ancient Greek origin. sporozoite, epizoite, troglobite, lychnobite Descendants aig -ait 1 Translations a follower or adherent of a specified person Finnish: fi -lainen Hebrew: he ־ִי m -i Interlingua: ia -ite, ia -ita m Portuguese: pt -ita m f, pt -ista m f Russian: ru -ист m, ru -истка f Spanish: es -ita Swedish: sv -it a descendant of a specified historical person Finnish: fi -lainen Hebrew: he ־ִי m -i Hungarian: hu -ita Interlingua: ia -ita Polish: pl -anin m, pl -ita m Portuguese: pt -ita m f part of the body or part of an organ of the body Finnish: fi -iitti Spanish: es -ita used to form names of minerals and rocks Afrikaans: af -iet Azerbaijani: az -it Belarusian: be -ыт m Bulgarian: bg -ит m Catalan: ca -ita f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 礦 kuàng, cmn 石 shí Czech: cs -it m Danish: da -it c Dutch: nl -iet n Esperanto: eo -ito Estonian: et -iit Finnish: fi -iitti French: fr -ite f Galician: gl -ita f German: de -it m Greek: el -ίτης m Hebrew: he ־יט m -ít Hungarian: hu -it Indonesian: id -it Interlingua: ia -ite Irish: ga -ít f Japanese: ja 砿 kō, ja 石 seki Korean: ko 석 Latvian: lv -īts m Lithuanian: lt -itas m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb -itt m Nynorsk: nn -itt m Persian: fa -یت -it Polish: pl -yt m, pl -it m Portuguese: pt -ite f, pt -ita f, pt -ito Romanian: ro -it m Russian: ru -ит m Serbo-Croatian: sh -it m, sh -ит m Slovak: sk -it m Slovene: sl -it m Spanish: es -ita minerals, es -ito rocks Swedish: sv -it c Turkish: tr -it Ukrainian: uk -ит m Uzbek: uz -it a native or resident of a specified place Finnish: fi -lainen Greenlandic: kl -mioq Hebrew: he ־ִי m -i Hungarian: hu -i Interlingua: ia -ita Portuguese: pt -ita m f Russian: ru -ин m Spanish: es -ita Swedish: sv -it Turkish: tr -li a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous Catalan: ca -it Chinese: Mandarin: cmn Finnish: fi -iitti French: fr -ite Hungarian: hu -it Māori: mi pākati Polish: pl -yn m, pl -in m Spanish: es -ito Etymology 2 From en la - past participles in la -ītus, of verbs in la -īre, la -ere -ĕre, -ēre, partly via en fro -. Pronunciation en GenAm RP either en /-aɪt/ /-ɪt/ Suffix adjective-forming suffixes Forms adjectives. See also en Anagrams en eit EIT ETI TEI tie Afar Etymology Akin to ssy -ite. Pronunciation -ité Suffix aa suffix -ité Used to form captative verbs from nouns. Used to form autobenefactive verbs from other verbs. Derived terms aa aa -tt- References 242 Esperanto Pronunciation Suffix eo participle - ite French Etymology fr nom :lbor la:-ītēs la:-ītis 1 fr la -ītēs [from fr grc -ῑ́της], and its feminine equivalent la -ītis [from grc -ῖτις]. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick--ite.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>) fr it 1 fr -ite Suffix f fr medicine -itis fr alvéole alveolus alvéolite alveolitis fr mineralogy en -ite fr pyro- pyro- pyrite pyrite Suffix m fr chemistry en -ite fr arsénique arsenic arsénite arsenite Suffix mfbysense en -ite follower of someone or something fr Adam Adam adamite Adamite fr Jésus Jesus jésuite Jesuit en -ite person from a given location, especially in a historical context fr Israël Israel Israélite Israelite Suffix en -ite relating to following someone or something fr Anaximandre Anaximander anaximandrite Anaximanderian en -ite relating to a given location, especially in a historical context fr Israël Israel israélite Israelite Derived terms fr Interlingua Etymology ia en -ite, ia fr -ite, ia it,pt,es -ita, all ultimately from ia la -īta, from ia grc -ίτης. Pronunciation ia /ˈite/ Suffix n forms nouns from nouns, denoting a rock or mineral; -ite ia ligno wood lignite lignite ia meteoro meteor meteorite meteorite ia Andalusia Andalusia andalusite andalusite Usage notes This suffix is not to be confused with ia -ita inhabitant, adherent. Derived terms ia References Italian Suffix it suffix f plural -iti used with a stem to form the feminine plural past participle of regular it -ire verbs used with a stem to form the second-person plural present and imperative of regular -ire verbs it mineralogy en -ite it chemistry en -ite it pathology -itis Derived terms it See also it -osi Anagrams it eit tie' tiè Latin Etymology 1 Pronunciation -ītē la -ī tē Suffix la suffix form -ītē la -ītēs abl//voc s Etymology 2 Pronunciation -īte la -ī te Suffix la suffix form -īte la -ītus abl//voc m s Etymology 3 Pronunciation -ite la -i te Suffix la suffix form la -itus abl//voc m s Middle English Alternative forms enm -ete -etee -itee -iteþ -itie -itye -yte -ytee -ytie -ythe -ytye Etymology enm -ity :bor fro:-ite<ety:uder<la:-itās>> 1 From enm fro -ite, fro -ete, from enm la -itās -itās, -itātem; compare enm -te. Pronunciation enm /-iˈteː/ /-iteː/ Suffix enm suffix enm -te Usage notes Derived terms enm Descendants en -ity sco -ity -eety References -tẹ̄ suf MED44625 Portuguese Etymology pt :lbor la-new:-itis + + Pronunciation Suffix f pt pathology -itis forms the names of diseases characterised by inflammation pt geology Portugal en -ite forms the names of rocks and minerals pt -ita Brazil -ito less common Further reading