id
noun
[ ɪd ]
• the part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.
• "the conflict between the drives of the id and the demands of the cultural superego"
Origin:
1920s: from Latin, literally ‘that’, translating German es . The term was first used in this sense by Freud, following use in a similar sense by his contemporary, Georg Groddeck.
id.
abbreviation
• idem.
-id
suffix
• forming adjectives such as putrid, torrid.
Origin:
from French -ide from Latin -idus .
-id
suffix
• forming nouns such as chrysalid, pyramid.
• forming names of structural constituents.
• "plastid"
• forming names of plants belonging to a family with a name ending in -idaceae.
• "orchid"
Origin:
from or suggested by French -ide, via Latin -idis from Greek -is, -id- .
-id
suffix
• forming nouns denoting an animal belonging to a family with a name ending in -idae or to a class with a name ending in -ida.
• "carabid"
• forming nouns denoting a member of a specified dynasty or family.
• forming nouns denoting a meteor in a shower radiating from a specified constellation.
• "Geminids"
Origin:
from or suggested by Latin -ides (plural -idae, -ida ), from Greek.
ID
noun
• identification; identity.
• "they weren't carrying any ID"
ID
verb
• establish the identity of.
• "the Finnish authorities were able to ID him"
ID
abbreviation
• Idaho (in official postal use).
Eid
noun
• a Muslim festival, in particular Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha.
Origin:
from Arabic ‘īd ‘feast’, from Aramaic.
