English Explanatory Dictionary

-id

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forming the names of dynasts, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning “descendant of”.
  2. Forming the common names of members of a taxon which has a name ending in -idae.
  3. Forming the names of cusps of lower (mandibular) teeth.
  4. Forming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources.
suffix
  1. Forming names of feminine equivalents or of feminine descendants from a masculine name.
  2. Forming the names of epic poems.
  3. Forming common names of meteors from their apparent constellation of origin.
suffix
  1. of or pertaining to; appended to various foreign words to make an English adjective or noun form. Often added to words of Greek, sometimes Latin, origin.

Pronunciation

/ɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--id.wav

Word forms

-id -ide

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French -ide m, from Latin -idēs m (patronymic suffix; plural: -idae), from Ancient Greek -ίδης m (-ídēs, patronymic suffix; plural: -ίδαι (-ídai)).

Synonyms

-al -an -ite -ar -ese -ic -ish -like -oid -ory -ous -y
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