-itude

English

Alternative forms

• -tude

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-tu-

Proto-Indo-European *-d-

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Italic *-tūdō

Latin -tūdō

Middle French -itudebor.

English -itude

Borrowed from Middle French -itude, from Latin -(i)tūdō. By surface analysis, -i- +‎ -tude.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˌtjuːd/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ɪˌt͡ʃʉwd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˌtud/, /əˌtud/
• (Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /əˌt͡ʃʉːd/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ɪˌtjʉd/, /ɪˌt͡ʃʉd/
• (Wales) IPA^(key): /ɪˌtɪʊːd/

Suffix

-itude

1. 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

English terms suffixed with -itude

adaptitude

amplitude

aptitude

asshattitude

assimilitude

awesomitude

badassitude

bitchitude

connectitude

coolitude

correctitude

crackpotitude

crapitude

definitude

dickitude

dignitude

dissimilitude

dogitude

dreckitude

dumbitude

eptitude

fakeitude

finitude

geekitude

grossitude

indefinitude

ineptitude

inertitude

ingratitude

jerkitude

mollitude

multitude

nerditude

perfectitude

plumpitude

plumptitude

promptitude

punkitude

seriositude

servitude

similitude

solitude

splenditude

suckitude

unkemptitude

vastitude

wedgitude

youthitude

zenitude

zombitude

Translations

suffix

• French: -itude (fr)
• Galician: -itude f
• German: -tude, -itüde
• Italian: -itudine
• Japanese: -さ (ja) (sa), -度 (ja) (do)
• Latin: -itudo
• Polish: -ość (pl) f, -stwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: -itude f, -idão f
• Romanian: -itudine
• Spanish: -itud f
• Swahili: hali ya class n/n

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)

1. -itude

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -itude

basquitude

belgitude

bretonnitude

celtitude

complétude

coolitude

corsitude

décrépitude

exactitude

francitude

gaytitude

négritude

platitude

promptitude

splenditude

suissitude

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-tu-

Proto-Indo-European *-d-

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Italic *-tūdō

Latin -tūdinembor.

Portuguese -itude

Borrowed from Latin -tūdinem. Doublet of -idão.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈtu.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈtu.dɨ/ [iˈtu.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈtu.dɨ/ [iˈtu.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈtu.dɨ/

Suffix

-itude f (noun-forming suffix, plural -itudes)

1. -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