-ity
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /əti/, /ɪti/; but see the usage notes below
- (America) IPA: /əti/, [əɾi], [ɾi], /ɪti/, [ɪɾi]
- (Australia) IPA: /əti/, [əɾi]
From Middle English -ite, -itee, from Old French -ite, -ete, -eteit ("-ity"), from Latin -itātem, from -itās, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.
Suffix- Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
- absurd + -ity → absurdity
- anonymous + -ity → anonymity
- modern + -ity → modernity
- precarious + -ity → precarity
- Used to form a countable noun from an adjective, referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description.
- absurd + -ity → [an] absurdity
- anonymous + -ity → [an] anonymity
- insipid + -ity → [an] insipidity
- odd + -ity → [an] oddity
- Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns.
- -ability, -ibility
- French: -ité, -té
- German: -ität
- Italian: -ità
- Portuguese: -idade, -dade
- Russian: -ность
- Spanish: -idad, -edad, -dad
Variant of -ety, likely an alteration of -edy, equivalent to -ed + -y.
Suffix- Alternative form of -ety
- hip + -ity → hippity, hippity-hop
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