Rebracketing ofmillionaire, which was, in turn,borrowed fromFrenchmillionnaire.
-aire (noun-forming suffix,plural-aires)
- (sometimes hyperbolic) One whose wealth exceeds a specific number of units in the local currency.
one whose wealth exceeds a specific number of units in the local currency
Inherited fromLatin-ātor.
-aire m orfby sense (noun-forming suffix,plural-aires)
- used to make nouns describing occupations from nouns
- llenya(“firewood”) + -aire → llenyataire(“lumberjack”)
- terrissa(“pottery”) + -aire → terrissaire(“potter”)
- festa(“party”) + -aire → festaire(“partygoer”)
-aire m orf (adjective-forming suffix,masculine and feminine plural-aires)
- used to make adjectives describing interests or characteristics from verbs
- xerrar(“to chat”) + -aire → xerraire(“chatty”)
Semi-learned borrowing fromLatin-ārium, the accusative of-ārius; or (in the feminine) from-āria. Compare the inheriteddoublet of-ier/-ière.
-aire m orfby sense (noun-forming suffix,plural-aires)
- -ary(nominal suffix)
- -aire
-aire (adjective-forming suffix,plural-aires)
- -ary(adjectival suffix)
- -ire(following a slender consonant)
FromOld Irish-aire, fromOld French-aire, ultimately fromLatin-ārius.
-aire m
- -er,-or(agentive suffix)
- This suffix forms masculine nouns of the fourth declension.
-aire m (feminine-aira)
- -er; suffix used to formagent nouns.
- dançar(“to dance”) + -aire → dançaire(“dancer”)
Ultimately fromLatin-ārius.
-aire m
- Agentive affix, similar to English-er,-or
