-oire
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin -orium or -oria, also -oir. Cognate to English -ory and -or.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-oire
- A suffix used on verbs to form usually feminine words for objects or tools used to do something.
- balancer + -oire → balançoire (“playground swing”)
- bouillir + bouilloire + -oire → teakettle
- A suffix used on verbs (usually via the Latin supine form) to form masculine or feminine words for places where something is done.
- laboratoire (Latin laborare) — laboratory
- observatoire (observer) — observatory
- A suffix used to form adjectives matched to nouns ending in -ation (or its variants) and derived from a Latin verb.
- hallucination + -oire → hallucinatoire (“hallucinatory”)
- giration + -oire → giratoire (“gyratory, roundabout”)
Derived terms
Old French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin -oria.
Suffix
-oire
- indicates a tool or a device