FromLatin-āris(“of, pertaining to”).

-ar

2. Of, near, or pertaining to;adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.

   Synonyms:-al,-an,-ary,-ese,-ic,-id,-ish,-like,-oid,-ory,-ous,-y

   ‎pole + ‎-ar → ‎polar

   ‎line + ‎-ar → ‎linear

   ‎molecule + ‎-ar → ‎molecular

   ‎alveolus + ‎-ar → ‎alveolar

   ‎column + ‎-ar → ‎columnar

See usage notes at-al.

FromLatin-ārius orFrench-aire.

-ar

1. (clarification of this definition is needed)Forming nouns such asvicar,exemplar,bursar, etc.

FromMiddle English-ar,-are, variant ofMiddle English-ere, fromOld English-ere. More at-er.

-ar

1. Forms agent nouns.

   beggar,liar,pedlar

Clipping ofstar; modelled after the earlier coinagespulsar andquasar.

-ar

1. (astronomy) Used to form names ofstar types, such asmagnetar,collapsar, etc.

• 'RA,'Ra,ra,RA,Ra

• -aru,-ariu

FromLatin-ārius,-ārium. CompareDaco-Romanian-ar.

-ar m

1. suffix used to denote aprofession orcraft

-ar

1. Postconsonantal form of-ər after the vowels A / I / O / U.

-ar

1. Alternative form of-tar(demonym-forming suffix)

Fromar(“male”).

-ar

1. male(animals)

   ‎katu(“cat”) + ‎-ar → ‎katar(“tomcat”)

-ar

1. [withverbal noun]about to

   Itxaron, bukatzear nago. ―Wait, I'll finishin a moment.

• “-ar” inLabayru Hiztegia

Inherited fromLatin-āris(“of, pertaining to”).

(adjective)

• IPA^(key): (Central)[ˈar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)[ˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)[ˈaɾ]

(noun)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)[ˈaɾ]

-ar m orf (adjective-forming suffix,masculine and feminine plural-ars)

1. -ar;forms adjectives of one form indicating that the noun that is modified by the adjective is pertaining to the root word used to form the adjective

-ar m (noun-forming suffix,plural-ars)

1. forms nouns indicating where a given crop is grown

   ‎taronger(“orange tree”) + ‎-ar → ‎tarongerar(“orange grove”)

2. forms nouns indicating where something is usually found

   ‎canyís(“common reed”) + ‎-ar → ‎canyissar(“reed bed”)

Inherited fromLatin-āre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)[ˈaɾ]

-ar (verb-forming suffix,first-person singular present-o,first-person singular preterite-í,past participle-at)

1. formsfirst conjugation verbs indicating an action related to the root word

   ‎col·lecció(“collection”) + ‎-ar → ‎col·leccionar(“to collect”)

In older versions of Catalan, the second person endings for the preterite were-ast in the singular and-às in the plural.

• “-ar”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025
• “-ar” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Inherited fromLatin-āre.

-ar(ORB, broad)

1. Forms first-conjugation verbs.

FromLatin-āris(“of, pertaining to”).

-ar m orf (adjective-forming suffix,plural-ares)

1. -ar;forms relational adjectives from nouns

   ‎molécula(“molecule”) + ‎-ar → ‎molecular(“molecular”)

FromLatin-āre.

-ar (verb-forming suffix,first-person singular present-o,first-person singular preterite-ei,past participle-ado)

1. forms first conjugation verbs indicating an action related to the root word

   ‎fragmento(“fragment”) + ‎-ar → ‎fragmentar(“to fragment”)

FromLatin-arius.Doublet of-er and-är.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːr/,[ˈaː(ɐ̯)],[ˈaːʁ]

-ar

1. -ary

   ‎Mission + ‎-ar → ‎Missionar

Borrowed from French-er, Italian-are, Spanish-ar, fromLatin-āre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈar/

-ar

1. This ending denotes the presentinfinitive form of averb.

   Me volas komprar ca objekto. ―I want to buy this thing.

• -ir(past infinitive tense)
• -or(future infinitive tense)

-ar

1. Added to a noun root word, this forms a verb meaning to apply or make use of the root.
2. Added to an adjectival root word, this forms a verb meaning to render/make (adjective) the object of the verb.

• -isar
• -ificar

• -āre
• -al(when not containing /l/)

From the recurrentsubstantivation ofapocopated adjectives in-āre, thenominativeneutersingular ending of-āris, a dissimilated variant of-ālis. Compare the nominal suffixes-ārium,-ium and-cum (among others), all derived from the neuter stem of adjective-forming suffixes.

-ar n (genitive-āris);third declension

1. noun-forming suffix

Only appears attached to bases that contain /l/: other bases get the suffix-al instead. Although the suffix-ārium n is etymologically distinct, a number of nouns show variation between the two endings, likely facilitated by the fact that they share the same form (-āria) in the nominative/accusative plural.

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

-ar

1. Suffix meaningmany and used to denote a plural.

   ‎mimini(“woman”) + ‎-ar → ‎miminar(“women”)

• IPA^(key): /ar/

FromOld Norse-ar, the nominative plural ending for masculine a-stem and feminine o-stem nouns.

-ar m orf

1. Used to formregularindefiniteplurals of mostmasculinenouns.

   ‎gut(“boy”) + ‎-ar → ‎gutar(“boys”)

2. Used to formregularindefiniteplurals of somefemininenouns.

   ‎gjerning(“act”) + ‎-ar → ‎gjerningar(“acts”)

• -ane
• -en

FromOld Norse-ar, the genitive singular ending for strong feminine nouns and masculine i- and u-stem nouns.

• -a

-ar m orf

1. Used to formindefinitegenitivesingulars of strongfemininenouns and some strongmasculinenouns, used in frozen expressions.

   Ein fredar mann. ―A peaceful man/person.

FromOld Norse-ari.

• -ari,-are,-ær(dialectal)

-ar m

1. Used to form nouns from verbs, a person who performs the action of the verb.

   Ein som lever av å baka, er ein bakar. ―One who makes his living baking is a baker.

FromOld Norse-arr, fromProto-Germanic*harjaz(“warrior”),*warjaz(“defender”) and*gaizaz(“spear”).

-ar m

2. A name suffix, meaning warrior, guardian or spear

FromOld Occitan-ar, fromLatin-āre, infinitive ending of first conjugation verbs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa/

-ar

1. Suffix of verbs of the first conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		-ar			aver-at
gerund		-ant			use gerund ofaver + past participle
past participle		-at			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	-i	-as	-a	-am	-atz	-an
	imperfect	-avi	-avas	-ava	-àvem	-àvetz	-avan
	preterite	-èri	-ères	-èt	-èrem	-èretz	-èron
	future	-arai	-aràs	-arà	-arem	-aretz	-aràn
	conditional	-ariái	-ariás	-ariá	-ariam	-ariatz	-arián
	conditional 2nd form1	-èra	-èras	-èra	-eram	-eratz	-èran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense ofaver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense ofaver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense ofaver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense ofaver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense ofaver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	-e	-es	-e	-em	-etz	-en
	imperfect	-èssi	-èsses	-èsse	-èssem	-èssetz	-èsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive ofaver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive ofaver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			-a		-em	-atz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		-ar			aver-at
gerund		-ant			use gerund ofaver + past participle
past participle		-at			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	-e	-es	-a	-am	-atz	-on
	imperfect	-ave	-aves	-ava	-aviam	-aviatz	-avon
	preterite	-ere	-eres	-et	-em	-etz	-eron
	future	-arai	-aràs	-ará	-arem	-aretz	-arán
	conditional	-ariá	-ariás	-ariá	-ariam	-ariatz	-arián
	conditional 2nd form1	-èra	-èras	-èra	-eram	-eratz	-èran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense ofaver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense ofaver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense ofaver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense ofaver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense ofaver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	-e	-es	-e	-assiam	-assiatz	-on
	imperfect	-esse	-esses	-esse	-essiam	-essiatz	-esson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive ofaver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive ofaver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			-a		-assiam	-atz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects