-ware

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English waru

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-ware

  1. Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items made from a particular substance.
    glassware
  2. Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items of a particular kind or for a particular use.
    giftware
[edit] Usage notes
  • Do not confuse -ware with -wear, which is used for types of clothing.
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[edit] Etymology 2

From software.

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-ware

  1. Used to form nouns denoting various
    • types of program (e.g. firmware, middleware, software)
    • class of program (e.g. malware; viral-like capability)
    • also use to classify a particular mechanism of programs
    (e.g. groupware in computer-mediated communication)
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[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warjaz (dwellers of). Cognate with Old High German -āri ("inhabitants of"), Old English wer "man". More at wer

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-ware m. pl.

  1. (used in the plural) suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place
    burgwaras "residents of a burg, burghers, citizens"
    Lundenwaras "Londoners"
    Rōmware "Romans"

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(masc. i-stem)

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(masc. n-stem)

(fem. a-stem)

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