Borrowed from Middle French -ide m, from Latin -idēs m (patronymic suffix; plural: -idae), from Ancient Greek -ίδης m (-ídēs, patronymic suffix; plural: -ίδαι (-ídai)).
Meanings
(morpheme) Forming the names of dynasts, being suffixed to the name of their progenitors and meaning “descendant of”.
Osman + -id → Osmanid
[Ismail] Safavi + -(i)d → Safavid
Solomon + -id → Solomonid
Genghis + -id → Genghisid
Perseus + -id → Perseid (dynast)
Umayya + -(i)d → Umayyad
(morpheme) Forming the common names of members of a taxon which has a name ending in -idae.
A felid is a member of Felidae.
(morpheme) Forming the names of cusps or other features of lower (mandibular) teeth.
protocone (“cusp of upper molars”) + -id → protoconid (“equivalent for lower molars”)
(morpheme) Forming nouns from Latin or Greek roots, including certain plant names modelled on Latin sources.
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Translations (23)
pl -id (cusp of lower (mandibular) teeth) · sv -id (dynast) · pl -id (dynast) · fr -idé (member of a taxon) · it -ide (dynast) · ru -и́д (dynast) · el -ίδα (member of a taxon) · pt -ida (dynast) · la -idēs (dynast) · fr -ide (cusp of lower (mandibular) teeth) · fr -ide (dynast) · el -ίδης (dynast) · it -ide (member of a taxon) · es -ido (member of a taxon) · de -ide (member of a taxon) · it -ide (cusp of lower (mandibular) teeth) · io -ido (member of a taxon) · ru -ид (member of a taxon) · de -ide (dynast) · es -ida (dynast) · la -ida (member of a taxon) · pl -id (member of a taxon) · frm -ide (dynast)
Borrowed from Middle French -ide f, from Latin -is f (genitive: -idis; plural: -ides), from Ancient Greek -ῐς f (-ĭs) (genitive: -ῐδος (-ĭdos); plural: -ῐδες (-ĭdes)).
Meanings
(morpheme) Forming names of feminine equivalents or of feminine descendants from a masculine name.
Oceanus + -id → Oceanid, literally “sprung of Oceanus”
Perseus + -id → Perseid, literally “sprung of Perseus” (an epithet of Alcmene, grand-daughter of Perseus)
Titan + -id → Titanid, literally “female Titan”
Danaus + -id → Danaid, literally “sprung of Danaus”
Nereus + -id → Nereid, literally “sprung of Nereus”
(morpheme) Forming the names of epic poems.
Perseus + -id → Perseid (epic poem)
Achilles + -id → Achilleid
Aeneas + -id → Aeneid
(morpheme) Forming common names of meteors from their apparent constellation of origin.
Gemini + -id → Geminid
Perseus + -id → Perseid (meteor)
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fr -ide (epic poem) · fr -ide (feminine equivalent or descendant) · ru -и́да (feminine equivalent or descendant) · it -ide (epic poem) · la -is (epic poem) · pl -ida (epic poem) · it -ide (feminine equivalent or descendant) · pl -ida (meteor) · la -is (meteor) · ru -и́да (epic poem) · it -ide (meteor) · pl -ida (feminine equivalent or descendant) · la -is (feminine equivalent or descendant) · fr -ide (meteor)
(morpheme, qualifier:not productive outside zoology) of or pertaining to; appended to various foreign words to make an English adjective or noun form. Often added to words of Greek, sometimes Latin, origin.