-aire
a suffix that forms nouns denoting a person characterized by or occupied with that named by the stem, occurring in loanwords from French.
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/ ɛə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of -aire
< French < Latin -ārius -ary, a learned doublet of the French suffix -ier -eer, -ier 2
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This suffix corresponds to the suffix -aire, mentioned above.
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Charles Alfred Downer
Like the corresponding French nouns in -eur, these nouns in -aire, as well as those in -èire, are also used as adjectives. -aire = -arium.
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Charles Alfred Downer
Madison Air has grown through acquisitions and owns businesses including Nortek Air Solutions, a heating and cooling systems manufacturer, and April Aire, which makes air purifiers.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
Tickets for the Vivir Sin Aire tour will go on sale starting Friday, March 14, at 10 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025
Ian Platt said his son snared "a very large artillery round, which looks live" from under a bridge spanning the River Aire, in Leeds, earlier.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2025
East of Port Angeles, explore several back roads and rustic trails after picking up provisions at Country Aire Natural Foods.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
He shooke himselfe, and spread his spatious wings: Which like two bosom'd sailes, embrace the dimme Aire, with a dismall shade; but all in vaine: Of sturdy adamant is his strong chaine.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Richard Crashaw
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