-itude

== English == === Alternative forms === -tude === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French -itude, from Latin -(i)tūdō. By surface analysis, -i- +‎ -tude. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (without the yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ɪˈtjuːd/, [ɪˈtʰjʊu̯d] (without the yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ɪˈt͡ʃuːd/, [ɪˈt͡ʃʊu̯d] (General American, yod-dropping) IPA(key): /ɪˈtud/, [ɪˈtʰʊu̯d] Rhymes: -uːd Hyphenation: -i‧tude === Suffix === -itude Used to forms nouns of state, condition or quality. ‎apt + ‎-itude → ‎aptitude ‎inept + ‎-itude → ‎ineptitude ‎sole + ‎-itude → ‎solitude ==== Usage notes ==== The form -tūdin-, the oblique stem of Latin -tūdō, is used when followed by another suffix, as in rectitude → rectitudinous. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === dutie == French == === Etymology === From Middle French -itude, borrowed from Latin -(i)tūdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.tyd/ === Suffix === -itude f (noun-forming suffix, plural -itudes) -itude ==== Derived terms ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -tūdinem. Doublet of -idão. === Pronunciation === === Suffix === -itude f (noun-forming suffix, plural -itudes) -itude; -ness (forms abstract nouns, from adjectives, indicating a state or condition) Synonyms: -idão, -eza, -idade === Further reading === “-itude”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026