-ete

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ete"

Guaraní

Suffix

-ete

1. intensive suffix: very

   michĩete ― very small

   Hesa hovyete. ― His eyes are deep blue.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛtɛ]

Suffix

-ete

2. (noun-forming suffix) Forms nouns from certain verbs (cf. -és), incorporating the third-person singular possessive suffix (-e), which can be replaced by other personal possessive suffixes.

   ‎kell (“to be necessary”) + ‎-ete → ‎kellete (“its necessary amount”)

Usage notes

• (noun-forming suffix) Variants:

  -ta is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -te is added to most front-vowel verbs

  -tte is added to front-vowel verbs that originally ended in a vowel (like jön, originally jő)

  -ata is added to back-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like hall)

  -ete is added to front-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like kell)

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ete

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Italian

Suffix

-ete

1. used with a stem to form the second-person plural present and imperative of regular -ere verbs

Middle English

Suffix

-ete

1. Alternative form of -ite

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse -aðr and -óttr.

Suffix

-ete

1. forming adjectives from nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -ete

References

• “-ete” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• -et, -ut (non-standard since 2012)

Etymology

From Old Norse -aðr and -óttr.

Suffix

-ete

1. forming adjectives from nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -ete

References

• “-ete” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Suffix

-ete

1. -ette (diminutive suffix)

Derived terms

Old French terms suffixed with -ete

Descendants

• French: -ette
• → English: -ette

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• -ette (obsolete, except in given names)

Etymology

From French -ette (feminine of -et (diminutive suffix)), from Latin -itta. In some words, from these related sources:

• English -ette (from the same French etymon)
• the French masculine -et
• Italian -etto (from the same Latin etymon)

Doublet of -ita and -eta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tɨ/

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.tɨ/

Suffix

-ete

1. forms the diminutive of nouns; -ette; -let; -ie; -ling

   ‎diabro (“devil, demon”) + ‎-ete → ‎diabrete (“imp; pixie”)

   ‎farol (“lighthouse”) + ‎-ete → ‎farolete (“small lighthouse”)

   Synonyms: -elho, -acho

   1. forms depreciative diminutives

      ‎artigo (“article”) + ‎-ete → ‎artiguete (“a bad article”)

      Synonym: -elho

   2. forms diminutives of adjectives

      ‎alegre (“joyful”) + ‎-ete → ‎alegrete (“somewhat joyful; tipsy”)

      Synonym: -inho

Suffix

-ete

1. forms the female equivalents of some words, most commonly given names

   Synonym: -a

   ‎Valdo + ‎-ete → ‎Valdete

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ete

Romanian

Suffix

-ete

1. plural of -et

Spanish

Alternative forms

• -eta (after feminine nouns)

Etymology

Borrowed from French -et. Doublet of -ito.

Suffix

-ete m (noun-forming suffix, plural -etes)

1. Added to nouns and adjectives that often adds a diminutive or particularizing sense to the base.

   Synonyms: -cete, -ceta

   ‎palacio (“palace”) + ‎-ete → ‎palacete (“small palace”)

   ‎muro (“wall”) + ‎-ete → ‎murete (“low wall”)

   ‎ojo (“eye”) + ‎-ete → ‎ojete (“eyelet, grommet; eye hole; anus”)

   ‎jugar (“to play”) + ‎-ete → ‎juguete (“toy”)

   ‎puño (“fist”) + ‎-ete → ‎puñete (“punch with the fist”)

Usage notes

• Used especially after masculine nouns. Compare -eta.

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ete

Further reading

• “-ete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014