What is the meaning of -ete?

Indicating an unsaturated 4-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen

intensive suffix: very

Alternative form of -ite

forming adjectives from nouns

forming adjectives from nouns

female equivalent of -et

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

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

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

forms depreciative diminutives

forms diminutives of adjectives

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

plural of -et

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

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