See also: oir, OIr, oír, óir, óír, òir, oïr, and -óir

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old French -eoir, from Latin -(āt)ōrium, a suffix attached to the supine stem of verbs to form neuter nouns denoting instruments or places. See also -oire f, inherited from Latin -(āt)ōria (the feminine version of this suffix), and -(at)oire m, a semi-learned borrowing from -tōrium that is found in nouns built on Latin supine stems. Cognate to English -ory and -or.

Suffix edit

-oir m (plural -oirs)

  1. A suffix used on verbs to form masculine words for objects or tools used to do something.
    accouder + ‎-oir → ‎accoudoir (armrest)
    mirer + ‎-oir → ‎miroir (mirror)
  2. A suffix used on verbs to form masculine words for places where something is done.
    dormir + ‎-oir → ‎dortoir (dormitory)
    abattre + ‎-oir → ‎abattoir (slaughterhouse)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Latin -ēre, the ending of the present active infinitive form of second conjugation verbs. Compare Italian -ere, Romanian -ea, Romansch -air.

Suffix edit

-oir

  1. A suffix forming infinitives of some verbs.
Usage notes edit
Conjugation edit

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

See also edit