aire

See also: Aire, airé, aíre, and -aire

English

Noun

aire (countable and uncountable, plural aires)

1. Obsolete spelling of air.

Anagrams

• Arie, arie

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin aēr, aeris.

Noun

aire m (plural aires)

1. air

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Basque

Noun

aire ?

1. air (mixture of gases)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin āēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈaj.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈaj.ɾe]

Noun

aire m (plural aires)

1. air (mixture of gases)

Derived terms

• enlaire

Related terms

• aeri

Further reading

• “aire” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “aire”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “aire” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aire” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁ/

• une aire:

  (file)

• Homophones: air, airent, aires, airs, ère, ères, erre, errent, erres, ers, haire, haires, hère, hères

Etymology 1

From Latin ārea. Doublet of are.

Noun

aire f (plural aires)

1. (geometry) (surface) area
2. (architecture) a flat surface
3. (sailing) direction of the wind
4. threshing floor
5. area, zone, range (a space in which a certain thing occurs)

Synonyms

• (surface area): superficie

Related terms

• are

Etymology 2

Probably from Latin ager, agrum (and hence a doublet of ager, a later borrowing), or related to the above. Compare Old Occitan agre (“bird's nest”).

Noun

aire f (plural aires)

1. eyrie, aerie

Verb

aire

1. inflection of airer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Anagrams

• raie

Further reading

• “aire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• ar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese aire (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin aēr, aeris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈajɾe̝/

Noun

aire m (plural aires)

1. air
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 108:

     Et algũu mouro astroso, que sabe fazer estas cousas, fezo aquela uisom vijr pelo aere por nos espantar cõ esta arteria.

     And some despicable Moor, who knows how to do this things, made this vision that came by the air, to scare us with this trick

2. evil eye

Derived terms

• aire acondicionado
• aire comprimido
• airear
• airoso
• ao aire
• ao aire
• ao aire libre
• cambiar de aires
• colchón de aire
• mudar de aires

References

• “aire”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
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• Template:R:DDLG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aire”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾʲə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæɾʲə/, /ˈaɾʲə/, /ˈɑːɾʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aire f (“act of guarding, watching over, tending, caring for; notice, heed, attention”).

Noun

aire f (genitive singular aire)

1. care, attention
2. heed, notice

Declension

Declension of aire

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aire Vocative a aire Genitive aire Dative aire

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an aire Genitive na haire Dative leis an aire don aire

Etymology 2

From Old Irish aire, from Proto-Celtic *aryos, of disputed origin (see Old Irish entry for more).

Noun

aire m (genitive singular aireach, nominative plural aireacha)

2. (literary) nobleman, chief, freeman

Declension

Declension of aire

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aire aireacha Vocative a aire a aireacha Genitive aireach aireacha Dative aire airigh (archaic, dialectal) aireacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aire na haireacha Genitive an aireach na n-aireacha Dative leis an aire leis an airigh (archaic, dialectal) don aire don airigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na haireacha

Derived terms

• bó-aire

Noun

aire m (genitive singular aire, nominative plural airí)

1. (government) minister

Declension

Declension of aire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aire airí Vocative a aire a airí Genitive aire airí Dative aire airí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aire na hairí Genitive an aire na n-airí Dative leis an aire don aire leis na hairí

Derived terms

• aireacht f (“ministry”)
• binse na nAirí (“the front bench”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aire	n-aire	haire	t-aire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aire (‘act of guarding, watching over’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 aire (‘nobleman, chief’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 26
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Italian

Etymology 1

From a +‎ ire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈi.re/, [äˈiːr̺e]
• Hyphenation: a‧ì‧re

Noun

aire m (countable and uncountable, plural airi) (literary)

1. impulse, start (of a motion)

   dare l'aire a qualcosa ― to put something into motion (literally, “to give the start to something”)

   prendere l'aire ― to start moving (literally, “to take the start”)

   Synonyms: (literary) abbrivo, avvio, rincorsa, slancio, spinta

Etymology 2

Variant of aere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.i.re/, [ˈäːir̺e]
• Hyphenation: à‧i‧re

Noun

aire m (plural airi)

1. Archaic form of aere.

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Ladino

Etymology

From Latin āēr.

Noun

1. air, wind

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• àira (Guardiol)

Etymology

From Latin āēr.

Noun

aire m (plural aires)

1. air (mixture of gases)

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Old French

Noun

aire oblique singular, m (oblique plural aires, nominative singular aires, nominative plural aire)

1. appearance; semblance

Derived terms

• debonaire
• deputaire

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Old Irish

Etymology

Originally a io-stem (as shown by the dative plural form airib and the personal name Lóegaire (literally “favorite nobleman”) with vocative and genitive Lóegairi), later reanalyzed as a k-stem due to conflation with the synonymous airech. From Proto-Celtic *aryos (compare Gaulish personal names with Ario-, such as Ario-manus and Ario-vistus), of unknown origin.

• Historically (since the now-defunct derivation of Adolphe Pictet, 1858) speculated to mean "freeman", and furthermore supposed to be related to Indo-Iranian *áryas. This idea was especially popular in the 19th- and early 20th-century context of "Aryan" race and language theory, which posited Aryans as "noble" "freemen" opposed to slave-like दास (dāsa)/Semites. Today, for linguistic reasons, any attempt to find a European cognate for the Indo-Iranian autonym is treated with extreme skepsis. See *áryas for details.
• According to Meid, it is from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃- (“first”) (Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrvá), Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos), Lithuanian pirmas). According to Matasović this is less convincing because there are no traces of the laryngeal in the purported Celtic reflexes (*pr̥h₃yos would have given *ɸrāyos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarʲe/

Noun

aire m (genitive airech, nominative plural airig)

1. freeman (whether commoner or noble)
2. noble (as distinct from commoner)

Declension

Masculine k-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	aire	airigL	airig
Vocative	aire	airigL	airecha
Accusative	airigN	airigL	airecha
Genitive	airech	airech	airechN
Dative	airigL	airechaib, airib	airechaib, airib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• airegdae

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
aire (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-aire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 43
• W. Meid (2005), Keltische Personennamen in Pannonien, Archaeolingua, Budapest.
• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 213
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 aire (‘nobleman, chief’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ai‧re

Verb

aire

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aire f (“act of guarding, watching over, tending, caring for; notice, heed, attention”).

Noun

aire f (genitive singular aire)

1. mind

   Tha rudeigin air a h-aire. ― There's something on her mind.

2. attention, heed, notice
3. care, regard

   Thoiribh an aire oiribh! ― Take care of yourselves!

Synonyms

• (attention, regard): suim

Derived terms

• cuir an aire
• fa-near

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aire	n-aire	h-aire	t-aire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiɾe/ [ˈai̯.ɾe]
• Hyphenation: ai‧re

Etymology 1

From Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr).

Noun

aire m (plural aires)

1. air (the substance constituting earth's atmosphere)
2. air (the open space above the ground)
3. air; wind

   Synonym: viento

4. air (a feeling or sense)
5. resemblance (to another person)
6. (usually in the plural) air (pretension; snobbishness)

   darse aires ― to put on airs

7. air (a sense of poise, graciousness, or quality)

Derived terms

• a su aire
• acondicionador de aire
• aire acondicionado
• aire comprimido
• aire comprimido
• aire fresco
• aire libre
• airear
• airecillo
• airecito
• airoso
• al aire
• al aire libre
• bolsa de aire
• Buenos Aires
• cambiar de aires
• castillos en el aire
• colchón de aire
• en el aire
• filtro de aire (“air filter”)
• pistola de aire
• rifle de aire

Descendants

• → Basque: aire

Related terms

• aéreo

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

aire m (plural aires)

1. solenodon

   Synonym: almiquí

Further reading

• “aire”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014