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Basque
Etymology 1
From era (“manner”).
Suffix
-era
- Used to form names of languages from toponyms.
- Gaztela (“Castille”) + -era → gaztelera (“Spanish language”)
- Used to form dimension nouns from adjectives.
- sakon (“deep”) + -era → sakonera (“depth”)
- place
- sartu (“to enter”) + -era → sarrera (“entrance”)
- Used to a nouns representing the property corresponding to a verb; -tion, -ing
- bukatu (“to end”) + -era → bukaera (“ending”)
- way of
- izan (“to be”) + -era → izaera (“personality”, literally “way of being”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From -e- (epenthetic vowel) + -ra (allative suffix).
Suffix
-era
- Allomorphic post-consonantal form of -ra (allative inanimate singular suffix)
Declension
References
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -aria, feminine form of -arius.
Suffix
-era f (noun-forming suffix, plural -eres)
- forms nouns meaning the location or object where something is usually found
- sorra (“sand”) + -era → sorrera (“sandpit, sandbox”)
- forms nouns meaning a plant which is cultivated to produce something
- oliva (“olive”) + -era → olivera (“olive tree”)
- forms nouns meaning the purpose of something or an object used for that purpose
- te (“tea”) + -era → tetera (“teapot”)
Usage notes
- The equivalent suffix -er can be used to form masculine nouns with these meanings, but usually only the masculine or feminine form will be found in Catalan.
Suffix
-era m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -eres)
- forms nouns and adjectives referring to an inhabitant of somewhere
- forms nouns and adjectives referring to engaging in a profession
- forms nouns and adjectives referring to being prone to some activity or characteristic
Usage notes
- Because these senses are used to form adjectives of two forms or nouns referring to animate objects, both the masculine and feminine forms will be found in Catalan, with the lemma entry found at the masculine form.
Suffix
-era f (noun-forming suffix, plural -eres)
- forms nouns from verbs or nouns meaning the desire to perform an action
- pixar (“to piss”) + -era → pixera (“urge to piss”)
- rialla (“laughter”) + -era → riallera (“urge to laugh”)
- escriure (“to write”) + -era → escriguera (“urge to write”)
Usage notes
- Unlike the other senses of this suffix, this meaning is used only to form feminine nouns.
See also
French
Etymology
From the infinitive suffix -er along with a ("He/she/it has")
Pronunciation
Suffix
-era
- forms the third-person singular future of regular -er verbs
Interlingua
Pronunciation
Suffix
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- female equivalent of -ero
References
- Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN
Norwegian Nynorsk
Suffix
-era (present tense -erer, past tense -erte, past participle -ert, passive infinitive -erast, present participle -erande, imperative -er)
- Alternative form of -ere
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin -ārius -ārium, with metathesis of "i" (through a Vulgar Latin form *-airu). Compare Spanish -ero, Portuguese -eiro. Doublet of the suffix Doublet of -aru.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-era f
- feminine singular of -eru
Suffix
-era
- indicates a place or object where something can be found, kept or done
- nguantu (“glove”) + -era → nguantera (“glove compartment”)
- manu (“hand”) + -era → manera (“manner, literaly "the way to use the hands"”)
- forms names of certain plants or trees from the name of their fruit
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɾa/
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: -e‧ra
Suffix
-era f (noun-forming suffix, plural -eras)
- indicates a place or object where something can be found, kept or done
- guante (“glove”) + -era → guantera (“glove compartment”)
- regar (“to water”) + -era → regadera (“watering can”)
- indicates a physical state or disability
- sordo (“deaf”) + -era → sordera (“deafness”)
- borracho (“drunk”) + -era → borrachera (“drunkness”)
- forms names of certain plants or trees from the name of their fruit
- higo (“fig”) + -era → higuera (“fig tree”)
- mora (“blackberry”) + -era → morera (“blackberry plant”)
Suffix
-era f (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)
- feminine singular of -ero
Derived terms
Further reading
Swedish
Pronunciation
Suffix
-era
- -ate, -ize; make a verb from a noun, similar to Swedish -a; used on loan-words with French -er and German -ieren
Derived terms
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish -era.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɾa/,
- Hyphenation: -e‧ra
Suffix
-era (noun-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ᜒᜇ)
- female equivalent of -ero: forms female occupations and other agent nouns from nouns
- basura (“trash”) + -era → basurera (“female garbage collector”)
- tinda (“goods for sale”) + -era → tindera (“female vendor”)
- inggit (“envy”) + -era → inggitera (“female envious person”)
- pakialam (“concern”) + -era → pakialamera (“female meddler”)
Derived terms