"-iter" meaning in All languages combined

See -iter on Wiktionary

Suffix [German]

IPA: /ˈiːtər/ [stressed], [ˈiː.tɐ] [stressed]
Etymology: Double suffix from -it + -er. Head templates: {{head|de|suffix}} -iter
  1. -ite, -an, -er; suffix for members of groups, especially Biblical peoples Tags: morpheme Derived forms: Amalekiter, Ammoniter, Angeliter, Edomiter, Jakobiter, Johanniter, Moabiter
    Sense id: en--iter-de-suffix-8X7EayoR Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [German]

IPA: /itər/ [unstressed], [i.tɐ] [unstressed], [ɪ.tɐ] [unstressed]
Etymology: From Latin -(i)ter. Etymology templates: {{der|de|la|-ter|-(i)ter}} Latin -(i)ter Head templates: {{head|de|suffix}} -iter
  1. an unproductive ending of Latin-derived adverbs (all restricted to learned parlance and most often in the form -aliter) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--iter-de-suffix-0sFWguRv Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 53 47 Derived forms: adverbialiter, conditionaliter, generaliter, idealiter, impersonaliter, obiter, percentualiter, pronominaliter, realiter, simpliciter, specialiter, totaliter
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [Latin]

IPA: [ɪ.tɛr] [Classical-Latin], [i.ter] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: -ius [comparative], -issimē [superlative]
Etymology: See -ter. Head templates: {{la-suffix-adv|-iter}} -iter (comparative -ius, superlative -issimē)
  1. alternative form of -ter: -ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives. Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: -ter (extra: ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives) Synonyms: , -er, Related terms: Latin terms suffixed with -ter
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  "etymology_text": "Double suffix from -it + -er.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-iter",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Amalekiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ammoniter"
        },
        {
          "word": "Angeliter"
        },
        {
          "word": "Edomiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "Jakobiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "Johanniter"
        },
        {
          "word": "Moabiter"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-ite, -an, -er; suffix for members of groups, especially Biblical peoples"
      ],
      "id": "en--iter-de-suffix-8X7EayoR",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ite",
          "-ite"
        ],
        [
          "-an",
          "-an"
        ],
        [
          "-er",
          "-er"
        ],
        [
          "Biblical",
          "biblical#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːtər/",
      "tags": [
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈiː.tɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "stressed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-iter"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ter",
        "4": "-(i)ter"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -(i)ter",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin -(i)ter.",
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "adverbialiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "conditionaliter"
        },
        {
          "word": "generaliter"
        },
        {
          "word": "idealiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "impersonaliter"
        },
        {
          "word": "obiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "percentualiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "pronominaliter"
        },
        {
          "word": "realiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "simpliciter"
        },
        {
          "word": "specialiter"
        },
        {
          "word": "totaliter"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an unproductive ending of Latin-derived adverbs (all restricted to learned parlance and most often in the form -aliter)"
      ],
      "id": "en--iter-de-suffix-0sFWguRv",
      "links": [
        [
          "unproductive",
          "unproductive#English"
        ],
        [
          "Latin",
          "Latin#English"
        ],
        [
          "adverb",
          "adverb#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/itər/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[i.tɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪ.tɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-iter"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "See -ter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ius",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issimē",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-iter"
      },
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      "name": "la-suffix-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
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        {
          "extra": "ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives",
          "word": "-ter"
        }
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of -ter: -ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives."
      ],
      "id": "en--iter-la-suffix-7MNetrMi",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ter",
          "-ter#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "-ly",
          "-ly"
        ],
        [
          "adverb",
          "adverb#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Latin terms suffixed with -ter"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-ē"
        },
        {
          "word": "-er"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ō"
        }
      ],
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        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "[ɪ.tɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[i.ter]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-iter"
}
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    "German lemmas",
    "German suffixes",
    "German terms derived from Latin",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Amalekiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ammoniter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Angeliter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Edomiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jakobiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Johanniter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Moabiter"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "Double suffix from -it + -er.",
  "head_templates": [
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        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-iter",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
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        "-ite, -an, -er; suffix for members of groups, especially Biblical peoples"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ite",
          "-ite"
        ],
        [
          "-an",
          "-an"
        ],
        [
          "-er",
          "-er"
        ],
        [
          "Biblical",
          "biblical#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːtər/",
      "tags": [
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈiː.tɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "stressed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-iter"
}

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    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German suffixes",
    "German terms derived from Latin",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "adverbialiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "conditionaliter"
    },
    {
      "word": "generaliter"
    },
    {
      "word": "idealiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "impersonaliter"
    },
    {
      "word": "obiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "percentualiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "pronominaliter"
    },
    {
      "word": "realiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "simpliciter"
    },
    {
      "word": "specialiter"
    },
    {
      "word": "totaliter"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
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        "3": "-ter",
        "4": "-(i)ter"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -(i)ter",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin -(i)ter.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-iter",
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  "lang_code": "de",
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        "an unproductive ending of Latin-derived adverbs (all restricted to learned parlance and most often in the form -aliter)"
      ],
      "links": [
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        ],
        [
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        ],
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          "adverb",
          "adverb#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/itər/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[i.tɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɪ.tɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-iter"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "See -ter.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ius",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-issimē",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-iter"
      },
      "expansion": "-iter (comparative -ius, superlative -issimē)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "la",
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    {
      "word": "Latin terms suffixed with -ter"
    }
  ],
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        }
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        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin adverb-forming suffixes",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin suffixes",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of -ter: -ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ter",
          "-ter#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "-ly",
          "-ly"
        ],
        [
          "adverb",
          "adverb#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[ɪ.tɛr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[i.ter]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-ē"
    },
    {
      "word": "-er"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ō"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-iter"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -iter meaning in All languages combined (3.4kB)

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