See -ary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "having the specified arity",
"word": "-aire"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "having the specified arity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-ario"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "having the specified arity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-aria"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "having the specified arity",
"word": "-är"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "having the specified arity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-ario"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "having the specified arity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-aria"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"note": "not used in Polish",
"sense": "having the specified arity"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "having the specified arity",
"word": "-ário"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "having the specified arity",
"word": "-ar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "having the specified arity",
"word": "-är"
}
],
"word": "-ary"
}
Download raw JSONL data for -ary meaning in English (7.7kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: nonproductive",
"path": [
"-ary"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "-ary",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: nonproductive",
"path": [
"-ary"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "-ary",
"trace": ""
}
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