"-ite" meaning in English

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Suffix

IPA: /-aɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: From French -ite, from Old French, from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|-ite}} French -ite, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|-ītēs}} Latin -ītēs, {{der|en|grc|-ῑ́της}} Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ite, {{en-suffix}} -ite
  1. (sometimes derogatory) Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc. Tags: derogatory, morpheme, sometimes Translations (a follower or adherent of a specified person): -lainen (Finnish), -ite (Interlingua), -ita [masculine] (Interlingua), -ita [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), -ista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), -ист (-ist) [masculine] (Russian), -истка (-istka) [feminine] (Russian), -ita (Spanish), -it (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--ite-en-suffix-OH8mOw5r Disambiguation of 'a follower or adherent of a specified person': 57 22 1 2 2 3 8 4
  2. Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a biblical figure. Tags: morpheme Translations (a descendant of a specified historical person): -lainen (Finnish), -ita (Hungarian), -ita (Interlingua), -anin [masculine] (Polish), -ita [masculine] (Polish), -ita [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en--ite-en-suffix-I5J7ToUT Disambiguation of 'a descendant of a specified historical person': 23 56 2 2 3 3 8 4
  3. (chiefly US, India) Used to form demonyms. Tags: India, US, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ite-en-suffix-akLhSRD4 Categories (other): American English, Indian English
  4. Used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ite-en-suffix-SvxbKOhG
  5. Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ite-en-suffix-qSih5s7c
  6. (biology) Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of the body or an organ of the body. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Biology Translations (part of the body or part of an organ of the body): -iitti (Finnish), -ita (Spanish)
    Sense id: en--ite-en-suffix-H-gm9QuL Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'part of the body or part of an organ of the body': 0 0 0 3 0 97 0 0
  7. Used to form nouns denoting the product of a specified process or a commercially manufactured product. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ite-en-suffix-jAZTPKd~
  8. (chemistry) Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous): -it (Catalan), -iitti (Finnish), -ite (French), -it (Hungarian), -yn [masculine] (Polish), -in [masculine] (Polish), -ito (Spanish)
    Sense id: en--ite-en-suffix-L-Vv3Z4r Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous': 5 3 2 3 3 4 2 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (a native or resident of a specified place): -lainen (Finnish), -mioq (Greenlandic), -i (Hungarian), -ita (Interlingua), -ita [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), -ita (Spanish), -it (Swedish), -li (Turkish) Translations (used to form names of minerals and rocks): -iet (Afrikaans), -it (Azerbaijani), -ыт (-yt) [masculine] (Belarusian), -ит (-it) [masculine] (Bulgarian), -ita [feminine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (kuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), (shí) (Chinese Mandarin), -it [masculine] (Czech), -it [common-gender] (Danish), -iet [neuter] (Dutch), -ito (Esperanto), -iit (Estonian), -iitti (Finnish), -ite [feminine] (French), -ita [feminine] (Galician), -it [masculine] (German), -ίτης (-ítis) [masculine] (Greek), ⁧־יט⁩ (-ít) [masculine] (Hebrew), -it (Hungarian), -it (Indonesian), -ite (Interlingua), -ít [feminine] (Irish), () (Japanese), (seki) (Japanese), (seok) (Korean), -īts [masculine] (Latvian), -itas [masculine] (Lithuanian), -itt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), -itt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ⁧-یت⁩ (-it) (Persian), -yt [masculine] (Polish), -it [masculine] (Polish), -ite [feminine] (Portuguese), -ita [feminine] (Portuguese), -ito (Portuguese), -it [masculine] (Romanian), -ит (-it) [masculine] (Russian), -it [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), -ит [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), -it [masculine] (Slovak), -it [masculine] (Slovene), -ita (english: minerals) (Spanish), -ito (english: rocks) (Spanish), -it [common-gender] (Swedish), -it (Turkish), -ит (-yt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), -it (Uzbek)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'a native or resident of a specified place': 27 23 3 5 5 6 20 11 Disambiguation of 'used to form names of minerals and rocks': 10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16

Suffix

IPA: /-aɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /-ɪt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: From Latin past participles in -ītus, of verbs in -īre, -ĕre, -ēre, partly via Old French. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|-ītus}} -ītus, {{m|la|-īre}} -īre, {{m|la|-ere|-ĕre, -ēre}} -ĕre, -ēre, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ite, {{en-suffix}} -ite
  1. Forms adjectives. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ite-en-suffix-LEIH--ne
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "_dis1": "57 22 1 2 2 3 8 4",
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          "_dis1": "57 22 1 2 2 3 8 4",
          "code": "pt",
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          "_dis1": "57 22 1 2 2 3 8 4",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "-ist",
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          "_dis1": "57 22 1 2 2 3 8 4",
          "code": "ru",
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          ],
          "word": "-истка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 22 1 2 2 3 8 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a follower or adherent of a specified person",
          "word": "-ita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 22 1 2 2 3 8 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a follower or adherent of a specified person",
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        }
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        {
          "text": "Cainite, Ephraimite, Hamite, Japhetite, Lamanite"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1830, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, translation of original by Mormon, 4 Nephi 1:17",
          "text": "There were no robbers, nor murderers, neither were there Lamanites, nor any manner of -ites; but they were in one, the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God.",
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        }
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        "Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a biblical figure."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "descendant",
          "descendant#English"
        ],
        [
          "historical",
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        ],
        [
          "biblical",
          "biblical#English"
        ]
      ],
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          "_dis1": "23 56 2 2 3 3 8 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a descendant of a specified historical person",
          "word": "-lainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "23 56 2 2 3 3 8 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a descendant of a specified historical person",
          "word": "-ita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "23 56 2 2 3 3 8 4",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "a descendant of a specified historical person",
          "word": "-ita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "23 56 2 2 3 3 8 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a descendant of a specified historical person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-anin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "23 56 2 2 3 3 8 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a descendant of a specified historical person",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "23 56 2 2 3 3 8 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a descendant of a specified historical person",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "-ita"
        }
      ]
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Indian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Brooklynite, Delhiite, Jerusalemite, Keralite, New Jerseyite, Seattleite, Seoulite, Sydneyite, Wisconsinite, Wyomingite; also see ashramite, hostelite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form demonyms."
      ],
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        [
          "demonym",
          "demonym#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, India) Used to form demonyms."
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "US",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "andalusite, anorthosite, anthracite, erythrite, forsterite, graphite, hawleyite, titanite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals."
      ],
      "id": "en--ite-en-suffix-SvxbKOhG",
      "links": [
        [
          "rock",
          "rock#English"
        ],
        [
          "mineral",
          "mineral#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ammonite, belemnite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms."
      ],
      "id": "en--ite-en-suffix-qSih5s7c",
      "links": [
        [
          "fossil",
          "fossil#English"
        ],
        [
          "organism",
          "organism#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "dendrite, somite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of the body or an organ of the body."
      ],
      "id": "en--ite-en-suffix-H-gm9QuL",
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body#English"
        ],
        [
          "organ",
          "organ#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of the body or an organ of the body."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
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          "_dis1": "0 0 0 3 0 97 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "part of the body or part of an organ of the body",
          "word": "-iitti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 3 0 97 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "part of the body or part of an organ of the body",
          "word": "-ita"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Bakelite, cordite, dynamite, ebonite, metabolite, vulcanite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form nouns denoting the product of a specified process or a commercially manufactured product."
      ],
      "id": "en--ite-en-suffix-jAZTPKd~",
      "links": [
        [
          "product",
          "product#English"
        ],
        [
          "process",
          "process#English"
        ],
        [
          "commercial",
          "commercial#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Chemistry",
          "orig": "en:Chemistry",
          "parents": [
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "bromite, chlorite, iodite, phosphite, sulfite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous."
      ],
      "id": "en--ite-en-suffix-L-Vv3Z4r",
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "chemical compound",
          "chemical compound#English"
        ],
        [
          "salt",
          "salt#English"
        ],
        [
          "ester",
          "ester#English"
        ],
        [
          "acid",
          "acid#English"
        ],
        [
          "-ous",
          "-ous#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 2 3 3 4 2 77",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
          "word": "-it"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 2 3 3 4 2 77",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
          "word": "-iitti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 2 3 3 4 2 77",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
          "word": "-ite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 2 3 3 4 2 77",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
          "word": "-it"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 2 3 3 4 2 77",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-yn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 2 3 3 4 2 77",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-in"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 3 2 3 3 4 2 77",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
          "word": "-ito"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-aɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-iet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "-yt",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ыт"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "-it",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ит"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "礦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuàng",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "矿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shí",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "石"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-iet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-ito"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-iit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-iitti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "-ítis",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ίτης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "-ít",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧־יט⁩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-ite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ít"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kō",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "砿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seki",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "石"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seok",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "석"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-īts"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-itas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-itt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-itt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "-it",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "⁧-یت⁩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-yt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-ito"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-it",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ит"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ит"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "es",
      "english": "minerals",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "es",
      "english": "rocks",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-ito"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-yt",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ит"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "10 10 13 16 12 11 10 16",
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 23 3 5 5 6 20 11",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-lainen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 23 3 5 5 6 20 11",
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-mioq"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 23 3 5 5 6 20 11",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-i"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 23 3 5 5 6 20 11",
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 23 3 5 5 6 20 11",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 23 3 5 5 6 20 11",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 23 3 5 5 6 20 11",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "27 23 3 5 5 6 20 11",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-li"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ite"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ītus"
      },
      "expansion": "-ītus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-īre"
      },
      "expansion": "-īre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ere",
        "3": "-ĕre, -ēre"
      },
      "expansion": "-ĕre, -ēre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin past participles in -ītus, of verbs in -īre, -ĕre, -ēre, partly via Old French.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ite",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-ite",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Forms adjectives."
      ],
      "id": "en--ite-en-suffix-LEIH--ne",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-aɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ite"
}
{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "-ite"
      },
      "expansion": "French -ite",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ītēs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin -ītēs",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "-ῑ́της"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French -ite, from Old French, from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ite",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-ite",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Adamsite, Campbellite, Jacobite, laborite, Mansonite, Reaganite, Thatcherite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "follower",
          "follower#English"
        ],
        [
          "adherent",
          "adherent#English"
        ],
        [
          "idea",
          "idea#English"
        ],
        [
          "doctrine",
          "doctrine#English"
        ],
        [
          "movement",
          "movement#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes derogatory) Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "morpheme",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Cainite, Ephraimite, Hamite, Japhetite, Lamanite"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1830, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, translation of original by Mormon, 4 Nephi 1:17",
          "text": "There were no robbers, nor murderers, neither were there Lamanites, nor any manner of -ites; but they were in one, the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a biblical figure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "descendant",
          "descendant#English"
        ],
        [
          "historical",
          "historical#English"
        ],
        [
          "biblical",
          "biblical#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Indian English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Brooklynite, Delhiite, Jerusalemite, Keralite, New Jerseyite, Seattleite, Seoulite, Sydneyite, Wisconsinite, Wyomingite; also see ashramite, hostelite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form demonyms."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demonym",
          "demonym#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly US, India) Used to form demonyms."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "India",
        "US",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "andalusite, anorthosite, anthracite, erythrite, forsterite, graphite, hawleyite, titanite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rock",
          "rock#English"
        ],
        [
          "mineral",
          "mineral#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ammonite, belemnite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fossil",
          "fossil#English"
        ],
        [
          "organism",
          "organism#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Biology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "dendrite, somite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of the body or an organ of the body."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body#English"
        ],
        [
          "organ",
          "organ#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of the body or an organ of the body."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Bakelite, cordite, dynamite, ebonite, metabolite, vulcanite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form nouns denoting the product of a specified process or a commercially manufactured product."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "product",
          "product#English"
        ],
        [
          "process",
          "process#English"
        ],
        [
          "commercial",
          "commercial#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Chemistry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "bromite, chlorite, iodite, phosphite, sulfite"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chemistry",
          "chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "chemical compound",
          "chemical compound#English"
        ],
        [
          "salt",
          "salt#English"
        ],
        [
          "ester",
          "ester#English"
        ],
        [
          "acid",
          "acid#English"
        ],
        [
          "-ous",
          "-ous#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chemistry) Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-aɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a follower or adherent of a specified person",
      "word": "-lainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "a follower or adherent of a specified person",
      "word": "-ite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "a follower or adherent of a specified person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a follower or adherent of a specified person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a follower or adherent of a specified person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-ist",
      "sense": "a follower or adherent of a specified person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ист"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-istka",
      "sense": "a follower or adherent of a specified person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-истка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a follower or adherent of a specified person",
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a follower or adherent of a specified person",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a descendant of a specified historical person",
      "word": "-lainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a descendant of a specified historical person",
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "a descendant of a specified historical person",
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a descendant of a specified historical person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-anin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a descendant of a specified historical person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a descendant of a specified historical person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "part of the body or part of an organ of the body",
      "word": "-iitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "part of the body or part of an organ of the body",
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-iet"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "-yt",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ыт"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "-it",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ит"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "礦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuàng",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "矿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shí",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "石"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "-iet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-ito"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-iit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-iitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ite"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "-ítis",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ίτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "-ít",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧־יט⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-ite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ít"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kō",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "砿"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seki",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "石"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seok",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "석"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-īts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-itas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-itt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-itt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "-it",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "⁧-یت⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-yt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ite"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-ito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-it",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ит"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ит"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "minerals",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "rocks",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-ito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-yt",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ит"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "used to form names of minerals and rocks",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-lainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-mioq"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-i"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-ita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a native or resident of a specified place",
      "word": "-li"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
      "word": "-iitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
      "word": "-ite"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
      "word": "-it"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-yn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-in"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ous",
      "word": "-ito"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ite"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ītus"
      },
      "expansion": "-ītus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-īre"
      },
      "expansion": "-īre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-ere",
        "3": "-ĕre, -ēre"
      },
      "expansion": "-ĕre, -ēre",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin past participles in -ītus, of verbs in -īre, -ĕre, -ēre, partly via Old French.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ite",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-ite",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Forms adjectives."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-aɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ite"
}

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