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-ite
-ite 1suff.1. Native or resident of: New Jerseyite.2. a. Descendant of: Levite.b. Adherent or follower of: Luddite.3. A part of an organ, body, or bodily part: somite.4. a. Rock; mineral: graphite.b. Fossil: trilobite.5. a. Product: metabolite.b. A commercial product: ebonite.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -ītēs, -īta, from Greek -ītēs.]
-ite 2suff. A salt or ester of an acid named with an adjective ending in -ous: sulfite.
[Alteration of -ate.]-ite suffix 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. (Biology) (in biology) indicating a division of a body or organ: somite. 4. (Geological Science) indicating a mineral or rock: nephrite; peridotite. 5. (Commerce) indicating a commercial product: vulcanite. [via Latin -ita from Greek -itēs or directly from Greek]
-ite suffix forming nouns (Chemistry) indicating a salt or ester of an acid having a name ending in -ous: a nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid. [from French, arbitrary alteration of -ate1]-ite1 , a suffix of nouns denoting esp. persons associated with a place, tribe, leader, doctrine, system, etc. (Campbellite; Israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, esp. salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body (somite). [Middle English < Latin -ita < Greek -itēs; in some words representing French -ite, German -it, etc.] -ite2 , a suffix occurring orig. in loanwords form Latin, forming adjectives from nouns of Latin origin: ratite. [< Latin -ītus orig. a past participle suffix] -ite1. A suffix used to form the names of minerals, such as hematite and malachite.2. A suffix used to form the name of a salt or ester of a specified acid whose name ends in -ous. Such salts or esters have one oxygen atom fewer than corresponding salts or esters with names ending in -ate. For example, a nitrite is a salt of nitrous acid and contains the group NO2, while a nitrate contains NO3. Compare -ate.Translations-ite
-ite (īt), 1. Of the nature of, resembling.
See also: -ites. 2. A salt of an acid that has the termination -ous.
See also: -ites. 3. In comparative anatomy, a suffix denoting an essential portion of the part to the name of which it is attached.
See also: -ites. [G. -itēs, fem. -itis] -ite 1. Suffix meaning of the nature of, resembling. 2. A salt of an acid that has the termination -ous. 3. comparative anatomy A suffix denoting an essential portion of the part to the name of which it is attached.
See also: -ites[G. -itēs, fem. -itis]-ite [Fr. -ite fr. L., -ita fr. Gr. -itēs, a noun suffix] 1. Suffix meaning of the nature of or resembling.2. In chemistry, a salt of an acid having the termination -ous. |