-ide

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English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-ide

  1. Any of a group of related compounds - azide, polysaccharide, glycoside.
  2. A binary compound - bromide, arsenide, palladide.
  3. Any of a group of several elements - lanthanide.

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French

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ide

  1. (chemistry) -ide
  2. (zoology) -id
  3. (astronomy) -id
  4. (history) -id

Derived terms

German

Suffix

-ide

  1. (astronomy) -id
  2. (history) -id

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Italian

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ide f (noun-forming suffix, plural -idi)

  1. (chemistry) -ide

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ide f (noun-forming suffix, plural -idi)

  1. (biology) -id; forms families of organisms
    alligatore (alligator) + ‎-ide → ‎alligatoride (alligatorid)
  2. (astronomy) -id
    Perseo (Perseus, constellation) + ‎-idi → ‎perseidi (Perseids)

Suffix

-ide (adjective-forming suffix, plural -idi)

  1. (history) -id
    Abbas (Abbas) + ‎-ide → ‎abbaside (Abbasid)

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Anagrams

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ide

  1. Used to form emphatic verbs.

Conjugation

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References

  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 356

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-ide

  1. Form of the suffix -idda used with even-syllable stems.

Usage notes

  • This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.