-itude

== English == === Alternative forms === -tude === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French -itude, from Latin -(i)tūdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Received Pronunciation) [ˌtjuːd], (Standard Southern British) [ˌt͡ʃʉu̯d] (General American) IPA(key): [ˌtu̟d] === Suffix === -itude Used to forms nouns of state, condition or quality. ‎apt + ‎-itude → ‎aptitude ‎inept + ‎-itude → ‎ineptitude ‎sole + ‎-itude → ‎solitude ==== Usage notes ==== An infix -in- is added when a noun ending in -itude is given a 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