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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/aɪdz/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(īdz)

ides (īdz),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.)

Time, Antiquity(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.

Latin
Latin īdūs (feminine plural); replacing Middle English idus
Old French
Middle English 1300–50

-ides,

a Greek plural suffix appearing in scientific names:cantharides.

Greek, plural of -is, suffix of source or origin. See -id¹

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

ides /aɪdz/ n

(functioning as singular) (in the Roman calendar) the 15th day in March, May, July, and October and the 13th day of each other month
See also calends, nones

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, from Latin īdūs (plural), of uncertain origin

'ides' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

caryatid - -id - nones - Apples of the Hesperides - calends - carotid - eupatrid - Hesperides - id - Ida - -idae - Ido - iridescent - iridescent seaweed - Leonid - Oceanid - phallotoxin - viridescent - Simonides

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