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
- noun A loose covering for the head, often part of a jacket or coat.
- noun The hinged panel covering a car engine (called a "bonnet" in British English).
- noun Informal: a neighbourhood, especially a poor or inner-city one.
- verb To cover something with a hood.
itis — full definition
- noun Informal term for any condition marked by inflammation, taken loosely from medical terms like "arthritis" or "tonsillitis."
- noun Slang for the sleepy, sluggish feeling after eating a large meal, especially associated with Thanksgiving dinner.