# -ete
## English
### Etymology

IUPAC Commission of Nomenclature for Heterocyclic Compounds (1957)

### Suffix

-ete
* Indicating an unsaturated 4-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen

### References

* Hantzsch–Widman nomenclature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Guaraní
### Suffix

-ete
* intensive suffix: very
    michĩete ― very small
    Hesa hovyete. ― His eyes are deep blue.

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɛtɛ]

### Suffix

-ete
* (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
### See also

* Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

## Italian
### Suffix

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

## Middle English
### Suffix

-ete
* Alternative form of -ite

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse -aðr and -óttr.

### Suffix

-ete
* forming adjectives from nouns

#### Derived terms
### 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
* forming adjectives from nouns

#### Derived terms
### References

* “-ete” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin -ittus.

### Suffix

-ete
* female equivalent of -et

#### Descendants

* Middle French: -ette
** French: -ette
* → Middle English: -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: /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɛ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛ.tɨ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈe.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈe.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈe.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈe.tɨ/

### Suffix

-ete
* 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
** forms depreciative diminutives
    ‎artigo (“article”) + ‎-ete → ‎artiguete (“a bad article”)
    Synonym: -elho
** forms diminutives of adjectives
    ‎alegre (“joyful”) + ‎-ete → ‎alegrete (“somewhat joyful; tipsy”)
    Synonym: -inho

### Suffix

-ete
* forms the female equivalents of some words, most commonly given names
    Synonym: -a
    ‎Valdo + ‎-ete → ‎Valdete

#### Derived terms
## Romanian
### Suffix

-ete
* 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)
* 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”)

#### Usage notes

* Used especially after masculine nouns. Compare -eta.

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “-ete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10