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-ite¹

  • /-aɪt/ US, UK

Where it comes from

From French -ite, from Old French, from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

suffix -ites · -it

  1. derogatory, morpheme, sometimes Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc. Adamsite, Campbellite, Jacobite, laborite, Mansonite, Reaganite, Thatcherite
  2. morpheme Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a biblical figure. Cainite, Ephraimite, Hamite, Japhetite, Lamanite
  3. India, US, morpheme Used to form demonyms. Brooklynite, Delhiite, Jerusalemite, Keralite, Kilgoreite, New Jerseyite, Seattleite, Seoulite, Sydneyite, Wisconsinite, Wyomingite; also see ashramite, hostelite
  4. morpheme Used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals. andalusite, anorthosite, anthracite, erythrite, forsterite, graphite, hawleyite, titanite
  5. morpheme Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms. ammonite, belemnite
  6. morpheme Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of the body or an organ of the body. dendrite, somite
  7. morpheme Used to form nouns denoting the product of a specified process or a commercially manufactured product. Bakelite, cordite, dynamite, ebonite, metabolite, vulcanite
  8. morpheme Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous. bromite, chlorite, iodite, phosphite, sulfite
  9. morpheme, rare Used to form nouns for kinds, mostly from bases of Ancient Greek origin. sporozoite, epizoite, troglobite, lychnobite

-ite²

  • /-aɪt/ US, UK
  • /-ɪt/ US, UK

Where it comes from

From Latin past participles in -ītus, of verbs in -īre, -ĕre, -ēre, partly via Old French.

suffix

  1. morpheme Forms adjectives.

Translations

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suffix used to form names of minerals and rocks

Español-ita, -ito
한국어석 seok
日本語砿 kō, 石 seki
中文礦 /矿 kuàng, 石 shí
Português-ite, -ita, -ito
Français-ite
Deutsch-it
Ελληνικά-ίτης -ítis
Română-it
Русский-ит -it
עברית־יט -ít

suffix a native or resident of a specified place

Español-ita
Português-ita
Русский-ин -in
עברית־ִי

suffix a follower or adherent of a specified person

Español-ita
Português-ita, -ista
Русский-ист -ist, -истка -istka
עברית־ִי

suffix a descendant of a specified historical person

Português-ita
עברית־ִי

suffix part of the body or part of an organ of the body

Español-ita

suffix a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous

Español-ito
Français-ite

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"-ite." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-ite. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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-ite. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-ite

Chicago

"-ite." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-ite.

BibTeX
@misc{ite_2026,
  title = {-ite},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ite},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}