| 释义 |
-ite
I. \ˌīt, usu ˌīd.+V\ noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French & Latin; Old French, from Latin -ita, -ites, from Greek -itēs (n. & adjective suffix)
1.
a. : native : inhabitant : resident
< Gothamite >
< Brooklynite >
< New Hampshirite >
: occupant : dweller
< flatite >
< trailerite >
b. : descendant : offspring
< Adamite >
c.
(1) : adherent : follower : supporter
< Jacobite >
: advocate
< Darwinite >
: devotee
< Browningite >
(2) : member of a (specified) group or organization or movement
< Puseyite >
2.
a.
(1) : substance produced through some (specified) process
< anabolite >
< catabolite >
(2) : commercially manufactured product
< ebonite >
< lyddite >
< vulcanite >
b. : -itol — especially in commercial names
< dulcite >
3. [New Latin -ites, from Latin] : fossil
< corallite >
< filicite >
4. : mineral
< erythrite >
: rock
< chromitite >
5. [French, from Latin -ita, -ites] : segment or constituent part of a body or of a bodily part
< somite >
< dendrite >
II. noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: French, alteration of -ate (from New Latin -atum) — more at -ate
: salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -ous
< nitrite >
< sulfite > |