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• -aire
  -aire

  a suffix that forms nouns denoting a person characterized by or occupied with that named by the stem, occurring in loanwords from French.
• Aire
  Aire

  noun

  a river in N England rising in the Pennines and flowing southeast to the Ouse. Length: 112 km (70 miles)

-aire

American  

1. a suffix that forms nouns denoting a person characterized by or occupied with that named by the stem, occurring in loanwords from French.

   concessionaire; doctrinaire; legionnaire; millionaire.

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Aire British  

/ ɛə /

noun

1. a river in N England rising in the Pennines and flowing southeast to the Ouse. Length: 112 km (70 miles)

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Etymology

Origin of -aire

< French < Latin -ārius -ary, a learned doublet of the French suffix -ier -eer, -ier ²

Example Sentences

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-aire Aire

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

This suffix corresponds to the suffix -aire, mentioned above.

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

In Oxnard, the siding, rain gutters and roofs of several mobile homes were damaged after a weak tornado ripped through the Country Club Mobile Estates and the Ocean Aire Mobile Homes Estates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 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

Here, you might pick up a quick sandwich or other grab-n-go grub from Country Aire natural grocer.

From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024

I am of opinion that, after the siege of Aire, I shall have it in my power to attack Calais.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various