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-ware

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See also: ware, Ware, wãrẽ, warē, and wäre

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-wɛ(ə)/
IPA^(key): /-wɛɹ/
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Homophone: -wear

Etymology 1

From Middle English ware, from Old English waru, from Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō, with meaning gradually shifting from guard, protection to an object that is in possession, hence meriting attention, guarded, cared for, and protected.

Suffix

-ware (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -wares)

Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items made from a particular substance.
‎glass + ‎-ware → ‎glassware
Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items made in a particular place.
‎Abruzzi + ‎-ware → ‎Abruzzi ware
Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items of a particular kind or for a particular use.
‎gift + ‎-ware → ‎giftware

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ware (substance, kind, or use)

Related terms

Translations

denoting items made from a particular substance

Finnish: -esineet pl, -tavara (fi)
Hungarian: -áru (hu)
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: -ina

denoting items made in a particular place

denoting items of a particular kind or for a particular use

Finnish: -esineet pl, -tavara (fi)
Hungarian: -tárgy (hu)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from software. See also ware and warehouse.

Suffix

-ware (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)

(computing) Used to form mass nouns denoting specific classes of computer software, based on use, function, or method of distribution.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ware (software)

announcementware

Related terms

warez

Translations

denoting specific classes of computer software

Finnish: -ohjelmat (fi) pl
French: -ciel (fr)
Malay: perisian (ms)
Welsh: -wedd f

Anagrams

Rawe, Wear, -wear, wear, arew, Awre

Middle English

Alternative forms

-wæren, -wærre (Laȝamon)
-waress (Ormulum)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English -ware, from Proto-West Germanic *-wari, from Proto-Germanic *warjaz (“dwellers of”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-ˌwaːr(ə)/
(Early Middle English) IPA^(key): /-ˌwarə/

Suffix

-ware pl

(Early Middle English, rare, no longer productive) A suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place.

Derived terms

Middle English terms suffixed with -ware

Descendants

⇒ Early Modern English: endware

References

“wāre, n plural.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Alternative forms

-waras, -waran, -waru

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *-wari, from Proto-Germanic *warjaz (“dwellers of”). Cognate with Old High German -āri (“inhabitants of”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌwɑ.re/

Suffix

-ware m pl

(used in the singular) suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place
eall sēo buruhwaru ― the people of a city, the entire citizenry
(used in the plural) suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place
burgwaras ― residents of a burg, burghers, citizens

Lundunwaran ― Londoners

Rōmware ― residents of Rome; Romans

Declension

(masc. i-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	—	-ware
accusative	—	-ware
genitive	—	-wara
dative	—	-warum

(masc. a-stem)

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	—	-waras
accusative	—	-waras
genitive	—	-wara
dative	—	-warum

(masc. n-stem)

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	—	-waran
accusative	—	-waran
genitive	—	-warena
dative	—	-warum

(fem. ō-stem)

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	-waru	-wara, -ware
accusative	-ware	-wara, -ware
genitive	-ware	-wara
dative	-ware	-warum

Synonyms

-sǣta

Derived terms

Old English terms suffixed with -ware

Descendants

Middle English: -ware, -wæren, -wærre (Laȝamon), -waress (Ormulum)
- ⇒ Early Modern English: endware
>? Middle English: -ere
- English: -er
- Middle Scots: -ar, -ir
  - Scots: -er
- Yola: -eare, -ere, -er

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