-ide
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-ide¹
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French -ide m, from Latin -idēs.
suffix
- Archaic form of -id
-ide²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French -ide f, from Latin -is.
suffix
- Archaic form of -id
-ide³
- /aɪd/
Where it comes from
Generalized in the early 19th c. from oxide (which has its ending from French acide, itself from Latin -idus in acidus), and gradually displaced earlier -uret, both introduced in the English translation of de Morveau, Lavoisier et al.'s 1787 book Méthode de nomenclature chimique.
suffix
- Any of a group of related compounds - azide, polysaccharide, glycoside.
- A binary compound - bromide, arsenide, palladide.
- Any of a group of several elements - lanthanide.
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suffix any of a group of related compounds
| Español | -ido |
|---|---|
| Português | -ídio, -ídeo |
| Français | -ide |
| Deutsch | -id |
| Italiano | -ide |
| Ελληνικά | -ίτης -ítis |
| Română | -idă |
| Русский | -ид -id |
| עברית | ־יד -id |
Talk about this word "-ide." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-ide. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. -ide. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-ide "-ide." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-ide.Cite this
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title = {-ide},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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