-ário
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- -ario (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin -ārium and -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -eiro.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈaɾiu/, /ˈaɾju/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈaɾio/, /ˈaɾjo/
SuffixEdit
-ário m (feminine -ária, plural -ários, feminine plural -árias)
- forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of or related to the suffixed nouns”
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection of the suffixed noun
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a place where the suffixed noun is kept
- ave (“bird”) + -ário → aviário (“aviary”)
- bicicleta (“bicycle”) + -ário → bicicletário (“bicycle rack”)
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting someone who works in on with the suffixed noun; -er; -eer
- cartório (“office of a notary public”) + -ário → cartorário (“notary public”)
- biblioteca (“library”) + -ário → bibliotecário (“librarian”)
- expedição (“expedition”) + -ário → expedicionário (“one who partakes in an expedition”)
- Synonyms: -dor, -eiro, -ista
- forms nouns, from nouns, denoting an instrument used to measure the suffixed noun
Not covered here: bicicleta (“bicycle”) + -ário → bicicleitária (“bicycle shop”)