-aire
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Rebracketing of millionaire, which was, in turn, borrowed from French millionnaire.
Suffix
[edit]-aire (noun-forming suffix, plural -aires)
- (sometimes hyperbolic) One whose wealth exceeds a specific number of units in the local currency.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]one whose wealth exceeds a specific number of units in the local currency
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-aire m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -aires)
- used to make nouns describing occupations from nouns
- llenya (“firewood”) + -aire → llenyataire (“lumberjack”)
- terrissa (“pottery”) + -aire → terrissaire (“potter”)
- festa (“party”) + -aire → festaire (“partygoer”)
Suffix
[edit]-aire m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -aires)
- used to make adjectives describing interests or characteristics from verbs
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-aire”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “-aire” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Latin -ārium, the accusative of -ārius; or (in the feminine) from -āria. Compare the inherited doublet of -ier/-ière.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-aire m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -aires)
Suffix
[edit]-aire (adjective-forming suffix, plural -aires)
- -ary (adjectival suffix)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-aire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- -ire (following a slender consonant)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, ultimately from Latin -ārius. Doublet of -óir.
Suffix
[edit]-aire m
Usage notes
[edit]- This suffix forms masculine nouns of the fourth declension.
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]Occitan
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-aire m (feminine -aira)
- -er; suffix used to form agent nouns.
Derived terms
[edit]Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-aire m
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
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