-ario

== Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -ārius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈari̯o/ === 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 === IPA(key): /ˈario/, /ˈarjo/ === Suffix === -ario 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 ==== === References === Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955), Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.rjo/ Rhymes: -arjo Hyphenation: -à‧rio === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -aio. ==== 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”) forming nouns denoting a person (clarification of this definition is needed.) ===== Derived terms ===== ==== 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”) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin -ārium. ==== Suffix ==== -ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ari) forming nouns (clarification of this definition is needed.) ===== Derived terms ===== === Derived terms === === See also === -aio === Anagrams === Roia, iora, orai == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ri.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ri.o] === 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) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of -ário === Further reading === “-ario”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -ero. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɾjo/ [ˈa.ɾjo] Rhymes: -aɾjo Syllabification: -a‧rio === Suffix === -ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -arios, feminine -aria, feminine plural -arias) -ary ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025