-are

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin -āre.

Suffix

-are (verb-forming suffix)

1. the infinitive ending of most regular verbs; also, a productive suffix forming new verbs from nouns

Usage notes

• See parlare as an example of a regular -are verb.
• The only irregular -are verbs are andare, dare and stare and verbs derived from or suffixed by them (oltrandare, ridare, sottostare ...).
• fare and related verbs (from Latin facere) are considered to be irregular -ere verbs.
• See cellulare as an example of such an adjective.

Conjugation

See also

• -ere
• -ire

Etymology 2

From Latin -āris.

Suffix

-are (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ari)

1. suffix forming adjectives, often specifically relational adjectives, from nouns

Etymology 3

Suffix

-are f pl (non-lemma form of noun-forming suffix)

1. plural of -ara

Derived terms

Anagrams

• -erà, Era, Rea, era, rea

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.re/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.re/,

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *-āzi, in which z changed into r due to rhotacism. Formed by analogy with -ere.

Suffix

-āre

1. present active infinitive of -ō (first conjugation)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• -āris (indicative only)

Suffix

-āre

1. second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative of -ō (first conjugation)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-āre

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of -āris

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -āre.

Suffix

-are

1. forms first-conjugation verbs

Derived terms

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• -ari

Etymology

From the Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”). This suffix is not Germanic, ultimately deriving from Latin -ārius through borrowings, and lives on in different guises in the Germanic languages, e.g., in the German -er, used for the same purpose.

Suffix

-are m

1. a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare (“protector, defender”), from væria (“to defend”)

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: -are

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin -āre, present infinitive of -ō (1^st-conjugation verbal suffix), from Proto-Italic *-āō. Compare Campidanese -ai.

Suffix

-are (Logudorese, Nuorese)

1. Attached to a stem, forms the present infinitive of most regular verbs

Conjugation

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse -ari, from Proto-Germanic *-ōzô.

Suffix

-are

1. (on adjectives) Regular construction of comparative: ful (“ugly”) → fulare (“uglier”)
2. (on verbs) Denotes a person or object who (regularly) performs the action of the verb: klättra (“climb”) → klättrare (“climber”)
3. Used to form the names of residents or inhabitants of particular places; in particular towns/cities: Stockholm → stockholmare (“Stockholmer”). Note that the resulting word is not capitalized.

Usage notes

(noun): Unchanged in the plural nominative, this having what in Swedish is called nollplural (“zero-plural”).

Synonyms

• (person from): -bo (3) (in some cases not as common as -are)

Derived terms

Anagrams

• -era, era, rea