-iere

See also: iere and -ière

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈjɛ.re/
Rhymes: -ɛre
Hyphenation: -iè‧re

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, a nominalization of -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āsios, from *-āsijos, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós, from *-eh₂so- + *-yós.

Doublet of the inherited suffix -aio and -aro. Cognate with Sicilian -eri.

Suffix

-iere m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ieri, feminine -iera)

used to form masculine nouns (often of French origin) that represent a person who makes or sells a specified article; -er, -or
Alternative form: -ere

‎giardino (“garden”) + ‎-iere → ‎giardiniere (“gardener”)

‎gioiello (“jewel”) + ‎-iere → ‎gioielliere (“jeweller”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -iere

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Suffix

-iere f

plural of -iera

Anagrams

-erei

Middle English

Alternative forms

-ȝer, -iar, -ier, -ior, -yare, -yer, -yere, -yȝere

Etymology

Probably from -ien (infinitival suffix) +‎ -ere (agent noun); i.e. nouns in -ere built to verbs in -ien, perhaps on the model of how Old English formations in Old English -end built on Class 2 weak verbs retain the -i- of the verb (e.g. lovye(n) → lovyere like Old English lufian → lufiend). In later use, possibly reinforced by Old French -ier once -ie- became a rising diphthong.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-jər(ə)/, /-i.ər(ə)/
IPA^(key): /-iˌɛ̞ːr(ə)/, /-jɛ̞ːr(ə)/ (with secondary stress)

Suffix

-iere

Forms agent nouns from other nouns or verbs; -er

Usage notes

Many nouns with this suffix have variant forms in -ere; similarly, some nouns in -ere, especially those derived from verbs in -ien, have variant forms with this suffix.

Derived terms

Middle English terms suffixed with -iere

Descendants

English: -yer, -ier

References

“-iē̆r(e, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Jespersen, Otto (1942), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎^[1], volume VI: Morphology, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 14.51, page 238.
Tolkien, J. R. R. (1929), “Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad”, in H. W. Garrod, compiler, Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association‎^[2], volume 14, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 121: “It led also to the generalization of luui- as the stem (later M.E. lovyeth sg. and pl., lovyere)”

Spanish

Suffix

-iere

first/third-person singular future subjunctive of -er
first/third-person singular future subjunctive of -ir

Usage notes

The future subjunctive is very rarely used in modern, colloquial Spanish, being used mostly in formal, technical or literary contexts.