suffix · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/-aɪt/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/-ɪt/
1
suffix
Meaning 1
Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Used to form nouns for kinds, mostly from bases of Ancient Greek origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme, rare
Examples
sporozoite, epizoite, troglobite, lychnobite
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
suffix
Meaning 10
Forms adjectives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite From French -ite, from Old French, from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
From Latin past participles in -ītus, of verbs in -īre, -ĕre, -ēre, partly via Old French.
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish:
-lainen
— a follower or adherent of a specified person
Hebrew:
־ִי
— a follower or adherent of a specified person
Interlingua:
-ite
— a follower or adherent of a specified person
Interlingua:
-ita
— a follower or adherent of a specified person
Portuguese:
-ita
— a follower or adherent of a specified person
Portuguese:
-ista
— a follower or adherent of a specified person
Russian:
-ист
(-ist)
— a follower or adherent of a specified person
Russian:
-истка
(-istka)
— a follower or adherent of a specified person
Spanish:
-ita
— a follower or adherent of a specified person
Swedish:
-it
— a follower or adherent of a specified person
Finnish:
-lainen
— a descendant of a specified historical person
Hebrew:
־ִי
— a descendant of a specified historical person
Hungarian:
-ita
— a descendant of a specified historical person
Interlingua:
-ita
— a descendant of a specified historical person
Polish:
-anin
— a descendant of a specified historical person
Polish:
-ita
— a descendant of a specified historical person
Portuguese:
-ita
— a descendant of a specified historical person
Finnish:
-iitti
— part of the body or part of an organ of the body
Spanish:
-ita
— part of the body or part of an organ of the body
Afrikaans:
-iet
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Azerbaijani:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Belarusian:
-ыт
(-yt)
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Bulgarian:
-ит
(-it)
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Catalan:
-ita
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Chinese Mandarin:
礦 /矿
(kuàng)
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Chinese Mandarin:
石
(shí)
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Czech:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Danish:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Dutch:
-iet
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Esperanto:
-ito
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Estonian:
-iit
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Finnish:
-iitti
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
French:
-ite
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Galician:
-ita
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
German:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Greek:
-ίτης
(-ítis)
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Hebrew:
־יט
(-ít)
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Hungarian:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Indonesian:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Interlingua:
-ite
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Irish:
-ít
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Japanese:
砿
(kō)
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Japanese:
石
(seki)
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Korean:
석
(seok)
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Latvian:
-īts
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Lithuanian:
-itas
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Norwegian Bokmål:
-itt
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Norwegian Nynorsk:
-itt
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Persian:
-یت
(-it)
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Polish:
-yt
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Polish:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Portuguese:
-ite
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Portuguese:
-ita
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Portuguese:
-ito
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Romanian:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Russian:
-ит
(-it)
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Serbo-Croatian:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Serbo-Croatian:
-ит
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Slovak:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Slovene:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Spanish:
-ita
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Spanish:
-ito
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Swedish:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Turkish:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Ukrainian:
-ит
(-yt)
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Uzbek:
-it
— used to form names of minerals and rocks
Finnish:
-lainen
— a native or resident of a specified place
Greenlandic:
-mioq
— a native or resident of a specified place
Hebrew:
־ִי
— a native or resident of a specified place
Hungarian:
-i
— a native or resident of a specified place
Interlingua:
-ita
— a native or resident of a specified place
Portuguese:
-ita
— a native or resident of a specified place
Russian:
-ин
(-in)
— a native or resident of a specified place
Spanish:
-ita
— a native or resident of a specified place
Swedish:
-it
— a native or resident of a specified place
Turkish:
-li
— a native or resident of a specified place
Catalan:
-it
— a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous
Finnish:
-iitti
— a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous
French:
-ite
— a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous
Hungarian:
-it
— a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous
Māori:
pākati
— a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous
Polish:
-yn
— a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous
Polish:
-in
— a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous
Spanish:
-ito
— a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous