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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -ārium and -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -eiro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈa.ɾju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈa.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈa.ɾjo/
Suffix
-ário (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ária, masculine plural -ários, feminine plural -árias)
- forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of or related to the suffixed nouns”
- Synonyms: -al, -ar, -eiro, -ico
- alfândega (“customs (government agency)”) + -ário → alfandegário (“relating to the customs”)
Suffix
-ário m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ários, feminine -ária, feminine plural -árias)
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection of the suffixed noun
- Synonym: -al
- adágia (“adage”) + -ário → adagiário (“a book listing adages”)
- ficha (“record”) + -ário → fichário (“filing cabinet”)
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a place where the suffixed noun is kept
- ave (“bird”) + -ário → aviário (“aviary”)
- bicicleta (“bicycle”) + -ário → bicicletário (“bike lot”)
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting someone who works at or with the suffixed noun; -er; -eer
- Synonyms: -dor, -eiro, -ista
- cartório (“office of a notary public”) + -ário → cartorário (“notary public”)
- biblioteca (“library”) + -ário → bibliotecário (“librarian”)
- expedição (“expedition”) + -ário → expedicionário (“one who partakes in an expedition”)
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting an instrument used to measure the suffixed noun
- ângulo (“angle”) + -ário → angulário (“instrument for measuring angles”)
- Latin lūna (“moon”) + -ário → lunário (“calendar based on moon phases”)
Derived terms
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