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ité — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hood noun A loose covering for the head, often part of a jacket or coat.
  • itis noun Informal term for any condition marked by inflammation, taken loosely from medical terms like "arthritis" or "tonsillitis."
  • ness noun A headland or promontory jutting out into the sea, often used as part of place names.

Senses

ité is used for these senses in English:

  • hood A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.
  • ite (chemistry) Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous.
  • itis (pathology) Denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection.
  • ity Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
  • ness Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".

hood — full definition

  1. noun A loose covering for the head, often part of a jacket or coat.
  2. noun The hinged panel covering a car engine (called a "bonnet" in British English).
  3. noun Informal: a neighbourhood, especially a poor or inner-city one.
  4. verb To cover something with a hood.

itis — full definition

  1. noun Informal term for any condition marked by inflammation, taken loosely from medical terms like "arthritis" or "tonsillitis."
  2. noun Slang for the sleepy, sluggish feeling after eating a large meal, especially associated with Thanksgiving dinner.

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