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-lite
suff.(后缀)
  1. Stone; mineral; fossil:
    石;矿物;化石:
    coprolite.
    粪石

语源
  1. French
    法语
  2. alteration of -lithe
    -lithe的变化
  3. from Greek lithos [stone]
    源自 希腊语 lithos [石头]
-lite

combining form in countable noun

(in names of minerals) stone
chrysolite
Compare -lith

Origin

from French -lite or -lithe, from Greek lithos stone

-lite

Word Origin
1
a combining form used in the names of minerals or fossils:
aerolite; chrysolite.
Also, -lyte2.
Compare -lith.
Origin
< French, simplified form of -lithe < Greek líthos stone; similarly German -lit, earlier -lith

Related Words

  • -lith
  • -lyte
  • actinolite
  • aerolite
  • agalite
  • arsenolite
-litea word element used in names of minerals, or fossils: chrysolite, aerolite.
Compare -lith. [French, from Greek lithos stone. Compare German -lit(h)]
-lite
noun combining form
 ETYMOLOGY  French, alteration of -lithe, from Greek lithos stone
: mineral
    rhodolite
: rock
    aerolite
: fossil
    stromatolite
-lite
/laɪt/  
suffix
forming names of rocks, minerals, and fossils
[构成岩石、矿物质和化石名]:

rhyolite

zeolite.

词源
from French, from Greek lithos 'stone'.
-lite(= F. -lite, G. -lith, -lit), a frequent ending in names of minerals (also in names of certain fossils, as coprolite, and of certain types of mineral structure, as axiolite and of some rocks, as ijolite, phonolite), represents the Gr. λίθος stone; the words in which it occurs are mostly intended to correspond to assumable Gr. formations, so that in actual use the ending is almost always -olite, with the thematic or combining o usual in Gr. compounds; there are a few exceptions, as auerlite, chesterlite. The form -lite, which was used in some original English formations (actynolite, etc.) by Kirwan in 1794, is due to the example of the French geologists, who used -lite instead of the older -lithe, the two spellings representing one and the same pronunciation in Fr. The adoption of the abnormal form was prob. helped by the analogy of chrysolite, where the t instead of th is due to the fact that the Gr. word came at an early period into Eng. by way of med.L. and OF.
-lite
word-forming element meaning "stone," from French -lite, variant of -lithe, from Greek lithos "stone" (see litho-).
-lite /lʌɪt/ suffix.
ORIGIN: French -lite, German -lit(h), repr. Greek lithos stone. Cf. -lith.
Forming names of minerals, rocks, mineral structures, etc., esp. as an alternative to -ite1 for stems ending in a vowel (geikielite, phonolite).
lite
-lite
noun combining form
also -lyte \ˌlīt, usu -īd.+V\
Etymology: French -lite, alteration of -lithe, from Greek lithos stone
1.
 a. : mineral : rock : fossil in stone
  < cryolite >
  < rhyolite >
  < dendrolite >
 b. : -lith 1b
  < albolite >
2. : -lith 2
 < phlebolite >

-lite
  • -lith
  • IPA: /lʌɪt/
  • Suffix

    1. used to form names of rocks and minerals

    Etymology

    Representing Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

    Derived terms

    English words suffixed with -lite
  • lepidolite
  • nummulite
  • pectolite
  • rhyolite
  • sodalite
  • staurolite
  • tremolite
  • Related terms

  • -litic
  • External links

  • -lite in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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