-ETE

Meaning of -ETE in English

■ suffix variant spelling of -et 2 (as in athlete ).

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-ETE — suffix var. of -ET(2).
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DRAP D'ÉTÉ — ˌdrä(ˌ)dāˈtā noun Etymology: French drap d' été, literally, summer cloth : a thin woolen or blended fabric that has a …
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CONTAIN — contener (-ete, -entie, -ida)
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ROSETTE
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RABBIT — I. ˈrabə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ; see sense 1 ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English rabet, probably …
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METEOR — I. ˈmēd.ēə(r), -ētē-, -ēˌȯ(ə)r, -ȯ(ə) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French meteore, from Medieval Latin meteorum, …
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FRETTY — I. ˈfred.ē, -etē, -i adjective Etymology: Middle English frette, from Middle French freté, from Old French, past participle of freter …
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CORONET — I. |kȯrə|net, |kär-, usu -ed.+V; esp Brit ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_nə̇t noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French coronette, from Old French coronete, …
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UNEATEN — “+ adjective Etymology: Middle English unete, uneten, from un- (I) + ete, eten, past participle of eten to eat : …
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SWEETY — ˈswēd.ē, -ētē, -i Britain variant of sweetie 1
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SWEETIE — ˈswēd.ē, -ētē, -i noun ( -s ) Etymology: sweet (I) + -ie 1. Britain : candy , sweet — usually …
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SWEATY — ˈswed.ē, -etē, -i adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English swety, from swet sweat + -y 1. a. : causing …
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SKELLAT — ˈskelə̇t noun Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) skellet, from Old North French escalete, from esquelle small bell (of Germanic origin; …
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SCARCITY — ˈske]rsəd.ē, ˈska(a)], ]əs-, -ətē, -i\ noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English scarsetee, from Old North French escarseté, from escars …
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POULETTE — (ˈ)pü|let noun or poulette sauce ( -s ) Etymology: French poulette (especially in the expression sauce poulette poulette sauce), literally, …
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PLUMET — ˈplümə̇t, plüˈmet noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French plumete small feather, from plume + -ete -et — more at …
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PLANOGAMIC — |planə|gamik adjective Etymology: planogam ete + -ic : of or relating to a planogamete
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PETTIFOG — ˈped.ēˌfäg, -etē-, -fȯg verb ( pettifogged ; pettifogged ; pettifogging ; pettifogs ) Etymology: back-formation from pettifogger intransitive verb 1. …
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METEORITE — ˈmēd.ēəˌrīt, -ētē- noun ( -s ) Etymology: meteor (I) + -ite : a solid particle from interplanetary space that survives …
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METEORISM — ˈmēd.ēəˌrizəm, -ētē- noun ( -s ) Etymology: French météorisme, from Middle French, from Greek meteōrismos, literally, act of lifting, from …
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METEORIC — |mēd.ē|ȯrik, -ētē-, -|är-, -ēk adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin meteoricus elevated, from Latin meteorus high, exalted (from Greek meteōros ) + …
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MASORETE — noun or mas·so·rete ˈmasəˌrēt ; also mas·o·rite -ˌrīt ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: alteration (influenced by -ete — …
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MARIONETTE — |ma(a)rēə|net, |mer-, usu -ed.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: French marionnette, from Middle French maryonete, from Marion (diminutive of the …
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MALETA — məˈlād.ə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish, bag, purse, from Middle French malette, from Old French malete, from male bag …
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LUNETTE — lüˈnet noun ( -s ) Etymology: in sense 1, probably from (assumed) Middle French lunette (whence French lunette horseshoe having …
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FOURCHETTE
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FOSSETTE — (ˈ)fä|set, (ˈ)fȯ|- noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, small cavity, dimple, from Old French fossete, from fosse + -ete -ette …
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FAUVETTE — fōˈvet noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Old French fauvete, from fauve + -ete -ette archaic : any of …
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-ETTE — |et sometimes _ə̇t; usu |ed. or _ə̇d.+V noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, feminine diminutive …
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-ET — |et, _ə̇t, usu |ed. or _ə̇d+V noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French -et (masculine) & …
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-ET — 1. suffix forming nouns (orig. diminutives) (baronet; bullet; sonnet). Etymology: OF -et -ete 2. suffix (also -ete) forming nouns usu. …
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