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Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -ārius.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ario
- person to which some action are directed towards or some thing is destined for; -ee
- depozar (“to depost”) + -ario → depozario (“trustee, depositary”)
- legacar (“to bequeath”) + -ario → legacario (“legatee”)
- sendar (“to send”) + -ario → sendario (“sendee”)
- konfidencar (“to tell in confidence”) + -ario → konfidencario
Derived terms
Interlingua
Etymology
Borrowed from English -ary, French -aire, Italian -ario, Portuguese -ário/Spanish -ario, all ultimately from Latin -ārium.
Pronunciation
Suffix
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- forms nouns from nouns, denoting a person concerned with or characterised by the root; -ary
- Synonyms: -ero, -ista
- mission (“mission”) + -ario → missionario (“missionary”)
- million (“million”) + -aria → millionaria (“millionaire”)
- ferrovia (“railway, railroad”) + -ario → ferroviario (“railway worker”)
- forms nouns from nouns, denoting a collection; -ary, -arium
- herba (“herb”) + -ario → herbario (“herbarium”)
- insecto (“insect”) + -ario → insectario (“insectarium”)
- proverbio (“proverb”) + -ario → proverbario (“collection of proverbs”)
- forms nouns from nouns, denoting a place containing the root; -ary
- grano (“grain”) + -ario → granario (“granary”)
- feno (“hay”) + -ario → fenario (“hayloft”)
Usage notes
- The somewhat synonymous suffix -ero indicates a professional whereas -ista indicates preoccupation with a system, science, art etc.
- When denoting a person, this suffix is male. The coordinate female suffix is -aria.
- The corresponding adjectival suffix is -ari.
Derived terms
Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -ario not found
References
- Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -aio.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ario (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -aria, masculine plural -ari, feminine plural -arie)
- -ary; added to nouns to create relational adjective forms and show relation
- dolce (“sweet”) + -ario → dolciario (“sweet (relational)”)
- giudice (“judge”) + -ario → giudiziario (“judicial”)
Suffix
-ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ari)
- added to numerals with various derivations
- cento (“hundred”) + -ario → centenario (“hundred years old”)
- otto (“eight”) + -ario → ottonario (“poetic verse with eight syllables”)
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Suffix
-āriō
- dative/ablative neuter singular of -ārium
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -ārius
Portuguese
Suffix
-ario (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -aria, masculine plural -arios, feminine plural -arias)
-ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -arios, feminine -aria, feminine plural -arias)
- Archaic spelling of -ário.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -ero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɾjo/
- Rhymes: -aɾjo
- Syllabification: -a‧rio
Suffix
-ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -arios, feminine -aria, feminine plural -arias)
- -ary
Derived terms
Further reading