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-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.
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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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 Downer, Charles Alfred

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

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred

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