-ete

IUPAC Commission of Nomenclature for Heterocyclic Compounds (1957)

-ete

1. Indicating an unsaturated 4-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen

• Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): [ɛtɛ]

-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”)

• (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)

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

-ete

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

-ete

1. alternative form of -ite

From Old Norse -aðr and -óttr.

-ete

1. forming adjectives from nouns

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

• -et, -ut (non-standard since 2012)

From Old Norse -aðr and -óttr.

-ete

1. forming adjectives from nouns

• “-ete” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Latin -ittus.

-ete

1. female equivalent of -et

• Middle French: -ette
  • French: -ette
• → Middle English: -ette
  • English: -ette

• Rhymes: -e

-ete

1. intensive suffix: very

   michĩete ― very small

   Hesa hovyete. ― His/her eyes are deep blue.

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “ete”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 21, column 2

• -ette (obsolete, except in given names)

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.

-ete m or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -etes)
-ete m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -etes)

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

-ete f (proper noun-forming suffix)

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

   Synonym: -a

   ‎Valdo + ‎-ete → ‎Valdete

• “-ete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “-ete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

-ete

1. plural of -et

• -eta (after feminine nouns)

Borrowed from French -et. Doublet of -ito.

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

1. forms diminutives from nouns and adjectives, or gives a particularizing sense

   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”)

• Used especially after masculine nouns. Compare -eta.

• “-ete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025