-ar

English

Etymology 1

From Latin -āris (“of, pertaining to”).

Suffix

-ar

2. Of, near, or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.

   Synonyms: -al, -an, -ary, -ese, -ic, -id, -ish, -like, -oid, -ory, -ous, -y

   ‎pole + ‎-ar → ‎polar

   ‎line + ‎-ar → ‎linear

   ‎molecule + ‎-ar → ‎molecular

   ‎alveolus + ‎-ar → ‎alveolar

   ‎column + ‎-ar → ‎columnar

Usage notes

See usage notes at -al.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin -ārius or French -aire.

Suffix

-ar

1. Forming nouns such as vicar, exemplar, bursar, etc.

Etymology 3

From Middle English -ar, -are, variant of Middle English -ere, from Old English -ere. More at -er.

Suffix

-ar

1. Forming nouns such as beggar, liar, pedlar, etc.

Etymology 4

Clipping of star.; modelled after the earlier coinages pulsar and quasar.

Suffix

-ar

1. (astronomy) Used to form names of star types, such as magnetar, collapsar, etc.

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Anagrams

• RA, Ra

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• -aru, -ariu

Etymology

From Latin -ārius, -ārium. Compare Daco-Romanian -ar.

Suffix

-ar m

1. suffix used to denote a profession or craft

Derived terms

Azerbaijani

Suffix

-ar

1. Postconsonantal form of -ər after the vowels A / I / O / U.

Basque

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ar

1. Alternative form of -tar (demonym-forming suffix)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From ar (“male”).

Suffix

-ar

1. male (animals)

   ‎katu (“cat”) + ‎-ar → ‎katar (“tomcat”)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-ar

1. about to

   Itxaron, bukatzear nago. ― Wait, I'll finish in a moment.

Further reading

• “-ar” in Labayru Hiztegia

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin -āris (“of, pertaining to”).

Pronunciation

(adjective)

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

(noun)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Suffix

-ar m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -ars)

1. -ar; forms adjectives of one form indicating that the noun that is modified by the adjective is pertaining to the root word used to form the adjective

Suffix

-ar m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ars)

1. forms nouns indicating where a given crop is grown

   ‎taronger (“orange tree”) + ‎-ar → ‎tarongerar (“orange grove”)

2. forms nouns indicating where something is usually found

   ‎canyís (“common reed”) + ‎-ar → ‎canyissar (“reed bed”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin -āre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Suffix

-ar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -o, first-person singular preterite -í, past participle -at)

1. forms first conjugation verbs indicating an action related to the root word

   ‎col·lecció (“collection”) + ‎-ar → ‎col·leccionar (“to collect”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “-ar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “-ar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin -āris (“of, pertaining to”).

Suffix

-ar m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ares)

1. -ar; forms relational adjectives from nouns

   ‎molécula (“molecule”) + ‎-ar → ‎molecular (“molecular”)

Etymology 2

From Latin -āre.

Suffix

-ar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -o, first-person singular preterite -ei, past participle -ado)

1. forms first conjugation verbs indicating an action related to the root word

   ‎fragmento (“fragment”) + ‎-ar → ‎fragmentar (“to fragment”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

From

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French -er, Italian -are, Spanish -ar, from Latin -āre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar/

Suffix

-ar

1. This ending denotes the present infinitive form of a verb.

   Me volas komprar ca objekto. ― I want to buy this thing.

Derived terms

Related terms

• -ir (past infinitive tense)
• -or (future infinitive tense)

Interlingua

Suffix

-ar

1. Added to a noun root word, this forms a verb meaning to apply or make use of the root.
2. Added to an adjectival root word, this forms a verb meaning to render/make (adjective) the object of the verb.

See also

• -isar
• -ificar

Latin

Alternative forms

• -āre
• -al, -āle (when not preceded by l)
• -ārium

Etymology

From apocope of final e in -āre, neuter of -āris, dissimilated form (after a preceding l) of -ālis.

Suffix

-ar n (genitive -āris); third declension

1. noun-forming suffix

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Derived terms

Ngarrindjeri

Suffix

-ar

1. Suffix meaning many and used to denote a plural.

   ‎mimini (“woman”) + ‎-ar → ‎miminar (“women”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse -ar, the nominative plural ending for masculine a-stem and feminine o-stem nouns.

Suffix

-ar m or f

1. Used to form regular indefinite plurals of most masculine nouns.

   ‎gut (“boy”) + ‎-ar → ‎gutar (“boys”)

2. Used to form regular indefinite plurals of some feminine nouns.

   ‎gjerning (“act”) + ‎-ar → ‎gjerningar (“acts”)

See also

• -ane
• -en

Etymology 2

From Old Norse -ar, the genitive singular ending for strong feminine nouns and masculine i- and u-stem nouns.

Alternative forms

• -a

Interfix

-ar m or f

1. Used to form indefinite genitive singulars of strong feminine nouns and some strong masculine nouns, used in frozen expressions.

   Ein fredar mann. ― A peaceful man/person.

Etymology 3

From Old Norse -ari.

Alternative forms

• -ari, -are, -ær (dialectal)

Suffix

-ar m

1. Used to form nouns from verbs, a person who performs the action of the verb.

   Ein som lever av å baka, er ein bakar. ― One who makes his living baking is a baker.

Etymology 4

From Old Norse -arr, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“warrior”), *warjaz (“defender”) and *gaizaz (“spear”).

Suffix

-ar m

2. A name suffix, meaning warrior, guardian or spear

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan -ar, from Latin -āre, infinitive ending of first conjugation verbs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa/

Suffix

-ar

1. Suffix of verbs of the first conjugation

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		-ar			aver -at
gerund		-ant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		-at			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	-i	-as	-a	-am	-atz	-an
	imperfect	-avi	-avas	-ava	-àvem	-àvetz	-avan
	preterite	-èri	-ères	-èt	-èrem	-èretz	-èron
	future	-arai	-aràs	-arà	-arem	-aretz	-aràn
	conditional	-ariái	-ariás	-ariá	-ariam	-ariatz	-arián
	conditional 2nd form1	-èra	-èras	-èra	-eram	-eratz	-èran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	-e	-es	-e	-em	-etz	-en
	imperfect	-èssi	-èsses	-èsse	-èssem	-èssetz	-èsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			-a		-em	-atz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		-ar			aver -at
gerund		-ant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		-at			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	-e	-es	-a	-am	-atz	-on
	imperfect	-ave	-aves	-ava	-aviam	-aviatz	-avon
	preterite	-ere	-eres	-et	-em	-etz	-eron
	future	-arai	-aràs	-ará	-arem	-aretz	-arán
	conditional	-ariá	-ariás	-ariá	-ariam	-ariatz	-arián
	conditional 2nd form1	-èra	-èras	-èra	-eram	-eratz	-èran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	-e	-es	-e	-assiam	-assiatz	-on
	imperfect	-esse	-esses	-esse	-essiam	-essiatz	-esson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			-a		-assiam	-atz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		-ar			aver -at
gerund		-ant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		-at			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	-i	-as	-a	-am	-atz	-an
	imperfect	-avi	-avas	-ava	-àvam	-àvatz	-avan
	preterite	-èi	-ès	-è	-èm	-ètz	-èn
	future	-arèi	-aràs	-arà	-aram	-aratz	-aràn
	conditional	-arí	-arés	-aré	-arem	-aretz	-arén
	conditional 2nd form1	-èra	-èras	-èra	-eram	-eratz	-èran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	-i	-es	-e	-em	-etz	-en
	imperfect	-èssi	-èsses	-èsse	-èssem	-èssetz	-èssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			-a		-em	-atz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		-ar			aver -at
gerund		-ant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		-at			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	-e	-as	-a	-am	-atz	-an
	imperfect	-ava	-avas	-ava	-àvam	-àvatz	-avan
	preterite	-ei	-eras	-et	-èram	-èratz	-eran
	future	-arai	-aràs	-ará	-arem	-aretz	-arán
	conditional	-ariá	-ariàs	-ariá	-ariam	-ariatz	-arián
	conditional 2nd form1	-èra	-èras	-èra	-eram	-eratz	-èran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	-e	-es	-e	-em	-etz	-en
	imperfect	-èsse	-èsses	-èsse	-èssem	-èssetz	-èssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			-a		-em	-atz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		-ar			aver -at
gerund		-ant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		-at			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	-e	-es	-a	-am	-atz	-an
	imperfect	-avi	-avas	-ava	-àvem	-àvetz	-avan
	preterite	-ère	-ères	-èt	-eriam	-eriatz	-èron
	future	-arai	-aràs	-arà	-arem	-aretz	-aràn
	conditional	-ariáu	-ariás	-ariá	-ariam	-ariatz	-arián
	conditional 2nd form1	-èra	-èras	-èra	-eram	-eratz	-èran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	-e	-es	-e	-em	-etz	-an
	imperfect	-èsse	-èsses	-èsse	-essiam	-essiatz	-èsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			-a		-em	-atz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin -āre, infinitive ending of first conjugation verbs.

Suffix

-ar

1. forms verbs from nouns or adjectives — forms regular first-conjugation verbs in the impersonal infinitive
2. forms the first-person singular infinitive of first-conjugation verbs
3. forms the third-person singular infinitive of first-conjugation verbs

Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar/

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Suffix

-ar

1. plural (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. genitive (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ar, from Latin -āre, infinitive ending of first conjugation verbs.

Pronunciation

• (Caipira) IPA^(key):
• (Nordestino) IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾ, (Brazil) -aʁ, (Brazil, with r-dropping) -a

Suffix

-ar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -o, first-person singular preterite -ei, past participle -ado)

1. forms verbs from nouns or adjectives — forms regular first-conjugation verbs in the impersonal infinitive

   ‎asfalto (“asphalt”) + ‎-ar → ‎asfaltar (“to asphalt”)

   ‎diálogo (“dialogue”) + ‎-ar → ‎dialogar (“to dialogue”)

2. forms the first-person singular infinitive of first-conjugation verbs
3. forms the third-person singular infinitive of first-conjugation verbs

Conjugation

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ar, from Latin āre.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -aɾ, (Brazil) -aʁ

Suffix

-ar m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ares)

1. forms adjectives from nouns, especially those that already contain an L; -ar

   Synonyms: -al, -ário

Derived terms

Romanian

Alternative forms

• -ariu — archaic

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ārium, accusative of -ārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar/

Suffix

-ar m (plural -ari)

1. Added to a word to denote a profession or craft; -er

   ‎roată (“wheel”) + ‎-ar → ‎rotar (“wheeler”)

   ‎oală (“pot”) + ‎-ar → ‎olar (“potter”)

   ‎fier (“iron”) + ‎-ar → ‎fierar (“blacksmith”)

   ‎vacă (“cow”) + ‎-ar → ‎văcar (“cowherd”)

   ‎porc (“pig”) + ‎-ar → ‎porcar (“swineherd”)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• -tor
• -easă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ařь.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aːr/

Suffix

-ar (Cyrillic spelling -ар)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, a person who does something, or an animal who does something.

Usage notes

Nouns with this ending may use either the non-palatal declension (V sg. -e, I sg. -om) or the palatal declension (V sg. -u, I sg. -em), e.g. s pekarom or s pekarem.

Derived terms

See also

• -jar
• -ičar

References

• Browne, Wayles (1993) “Serbo-Croat”, in Comrie, Bernard, Corbett, Greville G., editors, The Slavonic Languages, London and New York: Routledge, page 320
• Babić, Stjepan (2002), Tvorba riječi u hrvatskome književnome jeziku, 3rd revised edition, Zagreb: HAZU, page(s) 122, § 321

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-ařь.

Suffix

-ar m

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun.

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: -ar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin -āris.

Suffix

-ar m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -ares)

1. indicates membership or status

   ‎gránulo (“granule”) + ‎-ar → ‎granular (“granular”)

   ‎testículo (“testicle”) + ‎-ar → ‎testicular (“testicular”)

Suffix

-ar m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ares)

1. indicates a place where something is grown

   Synonym: -al

   ‎anís (“anise”) + ‎-ar → ‎anisar (“anise field”)

   ‎haba (“bean”) + ‎-ar → ‎habar (“bean patch”)

   ‎sandía (“watermelon”) + ‎-ar → ‎sandiar (“watermelon patch”)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin -āre, the infinitive ending of first conjugation verbs.

Suffix

-ar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -o, first-person singular preterite -é, past participle -ado)

1. forms first conjugation verbs indicating an action related to the root word

   ‎programa (“program”) + ‎-ar → ‎programar (“to schedule”)

Conjugation

See also

• -er
• -ir

Further reading

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

Swedish

Suffix

-ar

1. Suffix for the indefinite plural form of nouns of the second declension.
2. Suffix for the present tense, active voice, indicative mood for the absolute majority of Swedish verbs.

Usage notes

For verbs, it is more customary to identify the -a of this 'suffix' as belonging to the stem of the verb, and thus only consider -r to be the suffix. However, the verbs which in present tense ends in the letters -ar are commonly called -ar-verbs, as to differentiate them from -er-verbs and verbs which doesn't end in -a in infinitive.

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾ/

Etymology 1

Form of -er after the vowels A / I / O / U.

Suffix

-ar

1. Simple present and aorist tense marker.

Etymology 2

Form of -er after the vowels A / I / O / U.

Suffix

-ar

1. Makes adjectives out of verbs.
2. Makes nouns out of verbs.

Etymology 3

Post-consonantal form of -er after the vowels A / I / O / U.

Suffix

-ar

1. Derives distributive numbers.

Etymology 4

From Ottoman Turkish ـر (-r, -er, -ar), from Proto-Turkic *-gar.

Suffix

-ar

1. Derives Intransitive verbs from names of colors.

   ‎kara (“black”) + ‎-ar → ‎kararmak (“to turn black, to darken”)

   ‎ak (“white, light”) + ‎-ar → ‎ağarmak (“to turn white, to whiten”)

   ‎mor (“purple”) + ‎-ar → ‎morarmak (“to turn purple, to bruise”)

2. Derives Transitive verbs from nouns.

   ‎ev (“home, house”) + ‎-er → ‎evermek (“to marry off”)

   ‎ön (“front, ahead”) + ‎-er → ‎önermek (“to put forward, to propose”)

References

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *-ar, from Proto-Celtic *-aros, from Proto-Indo-European *-Hrós. (See byddar (“deaf”).)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar/

Suffix

-ar

1. adjectival suffix

   ‎cynt (“before, earlier”) + ‎-ar → ‎cynnar (“early”)

   ‎diwedd (“end”) + ‎-ar → ‎diweddar (“late”)

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “-ar”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies