-id
a suffix of nouns that have the general sense “offspring of, descendant of,” occurring originally in loanwords from greek (atreid; nereid), and productive in english on the greek model, especially in names of dynasties, with the dynasty’s founder as the base noun (abbasid; attalid), and in names of periodic meteor showers, with the base noun usually denoting the constellation or other celestial object in which the shower appears (perseid).
-id2
a suffix occurring in english derivatives of modern latin taxonomic names, especially zoological families and cl-sses; such derivatives are usually nouns denoting a single member of the taxon or adjectives with the sense “pertaining to” the taxon: arachnid; canid .
origin
-id3
variant of -ide: lipid .
-id4
a suffix occurring in descriptive adjectives borrowed from latin, often corresponding to nouns ending in -or1, : fetid; humid; pallid .
origin
-id1
suffix
indicating the names of meteor showers that appear to radiate from a specified constellation orionids (from orion)
indicating a particle, body, or structure of a specified kind energid
word origin
-id2
suffix, suffix
indicating members of a zoological family cyprinid
indicating members of a dynasty seleucid, fatimid
word origin
-id3
suffix
a variant of -ide
-ide
suffix
(added to the combining form of the nonmetallic or electronegative elements) indicating a binary compound sodium chloride
indicating an organic compound derived from another acetanilide
indicating one of a cl-ss of compounds or elements peptide, lanthanide
word origin
-id suff.
body; particle: chromatid.
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- -ida
zoology a suffix of the names of orders and cl-sses: arachnida.
- -idae
zoology a suffix of the names of families: canidae. -idae suffix indicating names of zoological families felidae, hominidae word origin
- -ide
suffix (added to the combining form of the nonmetallic or electronegative elements) indicating a binary compound sodium chloride indicating an organic compound derived from another acetanilide indicating one of a cl-ss of compounds or elements peptide, lanthanide word origin -ide suff. group of related chemical compounds: monosaccharide. binary compound: sodium chloride. chemical element with properties […]
- -ides
a greek plural suffix appearing in scientific names: cantharides.
- -idia
plural of -idion or -idium.