different between titis vs itis

English

Noun

titis

1. plural of titi

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?titis/, [?t?i.t?is]

Noun

titis

1. plural of titi

Tagalog

Noun

titis

1. cigarette or cigar ash

English

Etymology

From suffix -itis (“disease characterized by inflammation”). Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, ism, from -ism, and ana, from -ana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?t?s/

Noun

itis (plural itises)

1. (informal) A medical condition accompanied by inflammation.
   • 1973, April 16, “Scorecard”, Robert W. Creamer ed., in Sports Illustrated

     “. . . Arthritis, tendinitis and all those other itises will eventually catch up with you.”

2. (informal, Caribbean) The feeling of sleepiness after eating a heavy meal, usually the itis.

References

• “itis” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• IIST, IITs, SITI, is it

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?i?.tis/, [?i?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.tis/, [?i?t?is]

Verb

?tis

1. second-person plural present active indicative of e?

References

• itis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old High German

Alternative forms

• idis

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *d?siz (“goddess”) Cognate to Old English ides, Old Saxon idis, Old Norse dis

Noun

itis f

1. woman
   • 9th century, First Merseburg charm:

Usage notes

The term's context in the Merseburg charm and its cognates suggest that the term may initially have had magical and/or poetic connotations.

Declension

Derived terms

• Itis (given name)

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014