-aia

See also: aia, Aia, AIA, aîa, and ăia

Italian

Alternative forms

• (dialectal) -ara

Etymology

From Latin -āria, feminine of -ārius. Compare the doublet -aria. Example: Italian operaia, from Latin operāria.

Suffix

-aia f (plural -aie, masculine -aio)

1. Added to nouns to form collective nouns, meaning a place in which to find a great quantity of the named object.

   ‎fungo (“mushroom”) + ‎-aia → ‎fungaia (“mushroom bed”)

   ‎riso (“rice”) + ‎-aia → ‎risaia (“paddy field”)

   ‎ghiaccio (“ice”) + ‎-aia → ‎ghiacciaia (“icebox”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -aia

See also

• -aria