"-aio" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [Italian]

IPA: /ˈa.jo/ Forms: -ai [plural], -aia [feminine]
Rhymes: -ajo Etymology: From Latin -ārius. Compare the borrowed doublet -ario, as well as -iere, borrowed from (Old) French. Example: Italian operaio, from Latin operārius. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|-ārius}} Latin -ārius, {{doublet|it|-ario|notext=1}} -ario, {{m|it|-iere}} -iere, {{cog|it|operaio}} Italian operaio, {{cog|la|operārius}} Latin operārius Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=+}} -aio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ai, feminine -aia)
  1. added to nouns to form agent nouns Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--aio-it-suffix-U8v5XeIk Categories (other): Italian links with redundant target parameters, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. added to nouns to form nouns of mass or collection Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--aio-it-suffix-w9PjHnKc Categories (other): Italian links with redundant target parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -aro [dialectal] Related terms: -ario

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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