-oide
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), compound of -ο- (-o-, thematic vowel) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-id”, adjective-forming suffix denoting likeness), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).
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Suffix edit
-oide m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -oides)
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Further reading edit
- “-oide” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Interlingua edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English -oid, French -oïde, Italian -oide, Portuguese -oide/Spanish -oide, Russian -оид (-oid), all ultimately from Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs), -οειδής (-oeidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
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-oide
- forms nouns and adjectives from nouns, denoting something resembling or having the likeness of the root; -oid
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), compound of -ο- (-o-, thematic vowel) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-id”, adjective-forming suffix denoting likeness), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”, “shape”).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-oide
- -oid (both nouns and adjectives)
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Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), compound of -ο- (-o-, thematic vowel) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-id”, adjective-forming suffix denoting likeness), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-oide m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -oides)
-oide m (noun-forming suffix, plural -oides)
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-oide m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -oides)
- -oid
- planeta (“planet”) + -oide → planetoide (“planetoid”)
- humano (“human”) + -oide → humanoide (“humanoid”)
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “-oide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014