-aire

== English == === Etymology === Rebracketing of millionaire, which was, in turn, borrowed from French millionnaire. === Suffix === -aire (noun-forming suffix, plural -aires) (sometimes hyperbolic) One whose wealth exceeds a specific number of units in the local currency. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Arie, arie == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin -ātor. === Suffix === -aire m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -aires) used to make nouns describing occupations from nouns ‎llenya (“firewood”) + ‎-aire → ‎llenyataire (“lumberjack”) ‎terrissa (“pottery”) + ‎-aire → ‎terrissaire (“potter”) ‎festa (“party”) + ‎-aire → ‎festaire (“partygoer”) === Suffix === -aire m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -aires) used to make adjectives describing interests or characteristics from verbs ‎xerrar (“to chat”) + ‎-aire → ‎xerraire (“chatty”) === Derived terms === === Further reading === “-aire”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “-aire” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. == French == === Etymology === Semi-learned borrowing from Latin -ārium, the accusative of -ārius; or (in the feminine) from -āria. Compare the inherited doublet of -ier/-ière. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛʁ/ === Suffix === -aire m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -aires) -ary (nominal suffix) -aire === Suffix === -aire (adjective-forming suffix, plural -aires) -ary (adjectival suffix) === Derived terms === === Further reading === “-aire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Irish == === Alternative forms === -ire (following a slender consonant) === Etymology === From Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, ultimately from Latin -ārius. Doublet of -óir. === Suffix === -aire m -er, -or (agentive suffix) ==== Usage notes ==== This suffix forms masculine nouns of the fourth declension. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Occitan == === Suffix === -aire m (feminine -aira) -er; suffix used to form agent nouns. ‎dançar (“to dance”) + ‎-aire → ‎dançaire (“dancer”) ==== Derived terms ==== == Old Irish == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin -ārius. === Suffix === -aire m Agentive affix, similar to English -er, -or ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: -aire Scottish Gaelic: -air