"-ario" meaning in Italian

See -ario in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈa.rjo/ Forms: -aria [feminine], -ari [masculine, plural], -arie [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -arjo Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -aio. Etymology templates: {{etymon|it|:bor|la:-ārius<id:adjective>|id=adjective}}, {{bor+|it|la|-ārius}} Borrowed from Latin -ārius, {{doublet|it|-aio|notext=1}} -aio Head templates: {{it-adj}} -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 Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ario-it-suffix-DbxXKfnw Categories (other): Italian links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 19 12 11 18 13 12 11 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 11 10 20 13 13 9 1 1 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 37 28 21 14
  2. forming nouns denoting a person Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ario-it-suffix-uKroyUH8 Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 19 12 11 18 13 12 11 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 11 10 20 13 13 9 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ˈa.rjo/ Forms: -ari [plural]
Rhymes: -arjo Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -aio. Etymology templates: {{etymon|it|:bor|la:-ārius<id:adjective>|id=adjective}}, {{bor+|it|la|-ārius}} Borrowed from Latin -ārius, {{doublet|it|-aio|notext=1}} -aio Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} -ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ari)
  1. added to numerals with various derivations Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ario-it-suffix-L1~RfjJE Categories (other): Italian links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 19 12 11 18 13 12 11 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 11 10 20 13 13 9 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ˈa.rjo/ Forms: -ari [plural]
Rhymes: -arjo Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -ārium. Etymology templates: {{etymon|it|:bor|la:-ārium<id:storage location>|id=noun}}, {{bor+|it|la|-ārium}} Borrowed from Latin -ārium Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} -ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ari)
  1. forming nouns Tags: masculine, morpheme Related terms: -aio
    Sense id: en--ario-it-suffix-35qRiWH6 Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 19 12 11 18 13 12 11 2 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -ario meaning in Italian (5.2kB)

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