-aire
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
By analogy with millionaire, which was, in turn, borrowed from French millionnaire.
Suffix[edit]
-aire
- 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, 2024
- “-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 (plural -aires)
Suffix[edit]
-aire (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.
Suffix[edit]
-aire m
Usage notes[edit]
- This suffix forms masculine nouns of the fourth declension.
Declension[edit]
Declension of -aire
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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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[edit]
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