| 单词 | ite |
| 释义 | -ite in British English 1suffix forming nouns 1. a native or inhabitant of Israelite 2. a follower or advocate of; a member or supporter of a group Luddite labourite 3. (in biology) indicating a division of a body or organ somite 4. indicating a mineral or rock nephrite peridotite 5. indicating a commercial product vulcanite Word origin via Latin -ita from Greek -itēs or directly from Greek-ite in British English 2suffix forming nouns indicating a salt or ester of an acid having a name ending in -ous a nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid Word origin from French, arbitrary alteration of -ate1-ite in American English 1 (aɪt) 1. a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Brooklynite 2. a descendant from or offspring of Israelite 3. an adherent of, believer in, or member of laborite 4. a product, esp. a commercially manufactured one Lucite, dynamite, vulcanite 5. a fossil ammonite 6. a part of a body or bodily organ somite 7. a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous nitrite, sulfite 8. a (specified) mineral or rock anthracite, dolomite Word origin ME < OFr or L or Gr: OFr -ite < L -ita, -ites < Gr -itēs, fem. -itis; (sense 7) Fr, arbitrary alteration of -ate, -ate2-ite in American English 2 (aɪt; ɪt) forming adjectives, nouns, and verbs finite Word origin L -itus, ending of some past participlesDefinition of '-ite' |
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