suffix
Meaning 1
A place associated with a specified thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: -orium
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
-arium
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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-âr′ē-əm
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Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈɛə̯ɹ.iː.əm/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈɛːɹ.iː.əm/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈeə̯ɹ.iː.əm/ older
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General-American: /-ˈeɹ.i.əm/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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General-American: /-ˈɛɹ.i.əm/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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Canada: /-ˈɛɹ.i.əm/
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Australian: /-ˈeːɹ.iː.əm/
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New-Zealand: /-ˈeə̯ɹ.iː.əm/ without the cheer–chair merger
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New-Zealand: /-ˈiə̯ɹ.iː.əm/ cheer–chair merger
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Scotland: /-ˈeɾ.i.əm/
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Scotland: /-ˈeɾ.i.ʌm/
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India: /-ˈa(ː)(ɾ).iː.um/
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India: /-ˈɛjə̯(ɾ).iː.um/
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India: /-ˈeːɾ.iː.um/
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rhymes with -ɛəɹiəm
suffix
Meaning 2
A device associated with a specified function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin -ārium. Doublet of -ary.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: -arium — a place associated with a specified thing
- Esperanto: -ejo — a place associated with a specified thing
- Hungarian: -árium — a place associated with a specified thing
- Interlingua: -ario — a place associated with a specified thing
- Latin: -ārium — a place associated with a specified thing
- Polish: -arium — a place associated with a specified thing
- Portuguese: -ário — a place associated with a specified thing
- Dutch: -arium — a device associated with a specified function
- Esperanto: -ilo — a device associated with a specified function
- Hungarian: -árium — a device associated with a specified function
- Interlingua: -ario — a device associated with a specified function
- Latin: -ārium — a device associated with a specified function
- Polish: -arium — a device associated with a specified function
- Portuguese: -ário — a device associated with a specified function