-aire

See also: aire, Aire, airé, and aíre

English

Etymology

By analogy with millionaire, which was, in turn, borrowed from French millionnaire

Suffix

-aire

  1. One whose wealth exceeds a specific number of units in the local currency.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -arium, the accusative of -arius. Compare the inherited doublet -ier.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛʁ/

Suffix

-aire

  1. -ary (adjectival suffix)
  2. -ary (nominal suffix)

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:French_words_suffixed_with_-aire' title='Category:French words suffixed with -aire'>French words suffixed with -aire</a>

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms
  • -ire (following a slender consonant)

Etymology

From Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, ultimately from Latin -ārius.

Suffix

-aire m

  1. -er, -or (agentive suffix)

Usage notes
  • This suffix forms masculine nouns of the fourth declension.

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 -aire na -airí
Genitive an -aire na -airí
Dative leis an -aire

don -aire

 leis na -airí

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_suffixed_with_-aire' title='Category:Irish words suffixed with -aire'>Irish words suffixed with -aire</a>

Occitan

Suffix

-aire

  1. -er; suffix used to form agent nouns.

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Occitan_words_suffixed_with_-aire' title='Category:Occitan words suffixed with -aire'>Occitan words suffixed with -aire</a>

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French [Term?], ultimately from Latin -ārius.

Suffix

-aire m

  1. Agentive affix, similar to English -er, -or

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Irish_words_suffixed_with_-aire' title='Category:Old Irish words suffixed with -aire'>Old Irish words suffixed with -aire</a>

Descendants
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