-arium

1. a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, which often denote a location or receptacle (armarium; caldarium; solarium; vivarium ). It has limited productivity in English, especially in words denoting an artificial environment for plants or animals, on the model of vivarium or herbarium: aquarium; insectarium; terrarium.

-arium

suffix

1. indicating a place for or associated with something

   aquarium

   planetarium

   solarium

Word History and Origins

Origin of -arium¹

< Latin -ārium; -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of -arium¹

from Latin -ārium, neuter of -ārius _-ary

Example Sentences

Book a 50-minute stay at Salt Mine Arium, a relaxing space filled with hundreds of radiant orange and pink Himalayan salt bricks.

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Fire officials said in a statement that no injuries were reported after a fire tore through an Arium at Sweetwater Apartments complex building Friday afternoon.

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I whisper a prayer to the Arium for the opportunity to struggle in their honour.

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We will accept our places in the community of the Arium Domain.

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To think I had been so arrogant as to seek to control the Arium.

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When To Use

What does -arium mean?

The combining form -arium is a suffix meaning “location” or "receptacle." It is occasionally used in everyday and technical terms.The form -arium comes from Latin -ārium, meaning "thing connected with or employed in, place for.” Though unrelated, a form similar in meaning and use is -tory (also -torium), from Latin -tōrium, as in dormitory and auditorium. To learn more, check out our entries for both words.