-aire

Morpheme

-aire

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix

Etymology

French -aire; Latin -ārium, from -ārius, -āria

Evidence

capillaire, doctrinaire, Fridigaire, legendaire, luminaire, proletaire, solitaire

See Also

-(a)r [-ar, -r], -ary, -arian, -arian, -ara, -aria, -ariae, -ario, -eer, -iere, -ier, -yer, -ero, -era, -er, -eiro, -arium, -aria, -arius, -arii, -ari, -arious, -areous, -etary, -etarian, -itary, -itaire, -itarian, -aric, -arism, -arist, -arize, -arise

Homographs

-aire