-ario

See also: ario, Ario, Ário, and -ário

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈari̯o/

Suffix

-ario

1. person to which some action are directed towards or some thing is destined for; -ee

   ‎depozar (“to depost”) + ‎-ario → ‎depozario (“trustee, depositary”)

   ‎legacar (“to bequeath”) + ‎-ario → ‎legacario (“legatee”)

   ‎sendar (“to send”) + ‎-ario → ‎sendario (“sendee”)

   ‎konfidencar (“to tell in confidence”) + ‎-ario → ‎konfidencario

Derived terms

Ido terms suffixed with -ario

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from English -ary, French -aire, Italian -ario, Portuguese -ário/Spanish -ario, all ultimately from Latin -ārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈario/, /ˈarjo/

Suffix

-ario

1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a person concerned with or characterised by the root; -ary

   Synonyms: -ero, -ista

   ‎mission (“mission”) + ‎-ario → ‎missionario (“missionary”)

   ‎million (“million”) + ‎-aria → ‎millionaria (“millionaire”)

   ‎ferrovia (“railway, railroad”) + ‎-ario → ‎ferroviario (“railway worker”)

2. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a collection; -ary, -arium

   ‎herba (“herb”) + ‎-ario → ‎herbario (“herbarium”)

   ‎insecto (“insect”) + ‎-ario → ‎insectario (“insectarium”)

   ‎proverbio (“proverb”) + ‎-ario → ‎proverbario (“collection of proverbs”)

3. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a place containing the root; -ary

   ‎grano (“grain”) + ‎-ario → ‎granario (“granary”)

   ‎feno (“hay”) + ‎-ario → ‎fenario (“hayloft”)

Usage notes

• The somewhat synonymous suffix -ero indicates a professional whereas -ista indicates preoccupation with a system, science, art etc.
• When denoting a person, this suffix is male. The coordinate female suffix is -aria.
• The corresponding adjectival suffix is -ari.

Derived terms

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -ario not found

References

• Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -aio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: -à‧rio

Suffix

-ario (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -aria, masculine plural -ari, feminine plural -arie)

1. -ary; added to nouns to create relational adjective forms and show relation

   ‎dolce (“sweet”) + ‎-ario → ‎dolciario (“sweet (relational)”)

   ‎giudice (“judge”) + ‎-ario → ‎giudiziario (“judicial”)

Suffix

-ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ari)

1. added to numerals with various derivations

   ‎cento (“hundred”) + ‎-ario → ‎centenario (“hundred years old”)

   ‎otto (“eight”) + ‎-ario → ‎ottonario (“poetic verse with eight syllables”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -ario

See also

• -aio

Anagrams

• Roia, iora, orai

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.ri.oː/, [ˈäːrioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ri.o/, [ˈäːrio]

Suffix

-āriō

1. dative/ablative neuter singular of -ārium
2. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -ārius

Portuguese

Suffix

-ario (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -aria, masculine plural -arios, feminine plural -arias)
-ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -arios, feminine -aria, feminine plural -arias)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of -ário.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾjo/ [ˈa.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: -a‧rio

Suffix

-ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -arios, feminine -aria, feminine plural -arias)

1. -ary

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ario

Further reading

• “-ario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10