See also: aia, Aia, AIA, aîa, and ăia

Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin -āria, feminine of -ārius. Compare the doublet -aria. Example: Italian operaia, from Latin operāria.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ja/
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Hyphenation: -à‧ia

Suffix

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-aia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -aie, masculine -aio)

  1. forms feminine agent nouns from verbs
    astuccio (box, carton) + ‎-aia → ‎astucciaia (female who makes or sells boxes or cartons)
    asola (buttonhole (hole for a button)) + ‎-aia → ‎asolaia (female who makes buttonholes)
    burattino (pullet) + ‎-aia → ‎burattinaia (female puppeteer, female puppet master)
  2. added to nouns to form collective nouns, meaning a place in which to find a great quantity of the named object
    fungo (mushroom) + ‎-aia → ‎fungaia (mushroom bed)
    riso (rice) + ‎-aia → ‎risaia (paddy field)
    ghiaccio (ice) + ‎-aia → ‎ghiacciaia (icebox)

Derived terms

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Suffix

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-aia f (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)

  1. feminine singular of -aio

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