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-aire

-aire

See also: aire, Aire, airé, and aíre

French

Suffix

-aire

  1. -ary (adjectival suffix)
  2. -ary (nominal suffix)

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:French_words_suffixed_with_-aire'>French words suffixed with -aire</a>

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish -aire, from Old French [Term?], ultimately from Latin -ārius.

Suffix

-aire m ‎(genitive singular -aire, nominative plural -airí)

  1. -er, -or (agentive suffix)

Usage notes

  • This suffix forms masculine nouns of the fourth declension.

Declension

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_suffixed_with_-aire'>Irish words suffixed with -aire</a>

Occitan

Suffix

-aire

  1. -er; suffix used to form agent nouns.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Occitan_words_suffixed_with_-aire'>Occitan words suffixed with -aire</a>

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French [Term?], ultimately from Latin -ārius.

Suffix

-aire m

  1. Agentive affix, similar to English -er, -or

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Irish_words_suffixed_with_-aire'>Old Irish words suffixed with -aire</a>

Descendants

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin -arium, the accusative of -arius. Compare the inherited doublet -ier.

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