-ite
noun suffix (1)Definition of -ite
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: native : resident
Brooklynite
b
: descendant
Ephraimite
c
: adherent : follower
Jacobite Puseyite
2a(1)
: product
metabolite
(2)
: commercially manufactured product
ebonite
b
: -itol
mannite
3
[New Latin -ites, from Latin]
: fossil
ammonite
4
: mineral
erythrite
: rock
anorthosite
5
[French, from Latin -ita, -ites]
: segment or constituent part of a body or of a bodily part
somite dendrite
-ite
noun suffix (2)Definition of -ite (Entry 2 of 2)
: salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -ous
nitrite
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“-ite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/-ite. Accessed 24 May. 2022.
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