suffix
Meaning 1
A believer in something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
-arian
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rhymes with -ɛəɹiən
suffix
Meaning 2
An advocate of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
suffix
Meaning 3
A native or inhabitant of somewhere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme, uncommon
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suffix
Meaning 4
Used to form an adjective meaning "of or pertaining to" from nouns ending in -arium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Examples
- aquarium + -arian → aquarian (“of or pertaining to aquariums”)
- planaria + -arian → planarian (“of or pertaining to planaria”)
- vitellarium + -arian → vitellarian (“of or pertaining to vitellaria”)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Back-formation from various words ending in “arian”, some directly derived from Classical or Medieval Latin words ending in -arius by adding -an to the stem, other indirectly via Old French words ending in "arien(ne)" or "erien(ne)" or from English words ending in “ary” to which -an was suffixed; note the same phenomenon in -ary. Equivalent to -ary + -an.
By surface analysis, -ari(um) + -an and -ari(a) + -an.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hindi: -वादी (-vādī) — a believer in
- Italian: -ario — a believer in
- Portuguese: -ário — a believer in
- Sicilian: -aru — a believer in
- Hindi: -वादी (-vādī) — an advocate of something
- Portuguese: -ário — an advocate of something