-ário

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === -ario (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -ārium and -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -eiro. === Pronunciation === === 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”) ==== Usage notes ==== The following ending(s) change(s) in words appended with this suffix: ⟨-ição⟩ (being part of a hiatus in feminine nouns, including plurals) → ⟨-(i)cion-⟩ ⟨-ção⟩, ⟨-são⟩ (in feminine nouns, including plurals) → ⟨-cion-⟩, ⟨-sion-⟩ ⟨-ão⟩ (as a non-verb suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-on-⟩ ⟨-ã(o)-⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-(i)an-⟩, ⟨-am-⟩, or ⟨-(i)on-⟩, depending on the base word's etymology ⟨-m⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-n-⟩ ⟨-z⟩ (in some nouns from Latin, including plurals) → ⟨-c(i)-⟩ ⟨-vel⟩ (unstressed and adjectival, including plurals) → ⟨-bili-⟩ ⟨-z⟩ (adjectival, including plurals) → ⟨-ci-⟩ ⟨-dade⟩ (as a noun suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-t-⟩ === Derived terms === === Related terms === -eiro === Further reading === “-ário”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “-ário”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026