-orium

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin -ōrium. Doublet of -ory. === Pronunciation === enPR: -ôr′ĭ-əm (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /-ˈɔːɹ.ɪ.əm/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /-ˈoɹ.ɪ.əm/ (Australian) IPA(key): /-ˈoːɹ.ɪ.əm/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /-ˈoːɹ.ə.əm/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /-ˈoɾ.ɪ.əm/ (India) IPA(key): /-ˈoːɾ.ɪ.um/ Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪəm Hyphenation: -or‧i‧um === Suffix === -orium (noun-forming suffix, plural -oriums or -oria) Forming nouns denoting a place for a particular function or thing. Synonym: -arium ‎appress + ‎-orium → ‎appressorium ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-orium, n. suf.”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “-or·i·um”, in The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus‎[1], 24 March 2026 (last accessed) “-orium, -oria, -ory”, in A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements‎[2], 24 March 2026 (last accessed), archived from the original on 16 October 2019 == Latin == === Etymology === Rebracketing of -tōrium; or an alteration of -ārium, perhaps also influenced in some cases by the abstract noun suffix -or (as in sūdōrium, a medieval alternative form of sūdārium, from sūdor). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oː.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.ri.um] Hyphenation: -ō‧ri‧um === Suffix === -ōrium n (genitive -ōriī); second declension (Medieval Latin) suffix forming nouns, usually denoting places or objects ‎ferveō / fervor (“to boil / boiling heat”) + ‎-ōrium → ‎fervōrium (“cauldron”) ‎lavō (“to wash, to bathe”) + ‎-ōrium → ‎lavōrium / lavārium (“washroom, wash basin”) ‎servō (“to preserve, to reserve”) + ‎-ōrium → ‎servōrium / servārium / servātōrium (“fish pond, fish tank”) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter).