-ario

Borrowed from Latin -ārius.

• IPA^(key): /ˈari̯o/

-ario

1. person to which some action are directed towards or some thing is destined for; -ee

   ‎depozar (“to depost”) + ‎-ario → ‎depozario (“trustee, depositary”)

   ‎legacar (“to bequeath”) + ‎-ario → ‎legacario (“legatee”)

   ‎sendar (“to send”) + ‎-ario → ‎sendario (“sendee”)

   ‎konfidencar (“to tell in confidence”) + ‎-ario → ‎konfidencario

Borrowed from English -ary, French -aire, Italian -ario, Portuguese -ário/Spanish -ario, all ultimately from Latin -ārium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈario/, /ˈarjo/

1=n

-ario

1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a person concerned with or characterised by the root; -ary

   Synonyms: -ero, -ista

   ‎mission (“mission”) + ‎-ario → ‎missionario (“missionary”)

   ‎million (“million”) + ‎-aria → ‎millionaria (“millionaire”)

   ‎ferrovia (“railway, railroad”) + ‎-ario → ‎ferroviario (“railway worker”)

2. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a collection; -ary, -arium

   ‎herba (“herb”) + ‎-ario → ‎herbario (“herbarium”)

   ‎insecto (“insect”) + ‎-ario → ‎insectario (“insectarium”)

   ‎proverbio (“proverb”) + ‎-ario → ‎proverbario (“collection of proverbs”)

3. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a place containing the root; -ary

   ‎grano (“grain”) + ‎-ario → ‎granario (“granary”)

   ‎feno (“hay”) + ‎-ario → ‎fenario (“hayloft”)

• The somewhat synonymous suffix -ero indicates a professional whereas -ista indicates preoccupation with a system, science, art etc.
• When denoting a person, this suffix is male. The coordinate female suffix is -aria.
• The corresponding adjectival suffix is -ari.

• Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955), Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: -à‧rio

Borrowed from Latin -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -aio.

-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

   ‎dolce (“sweet”) + ‎-ario → ‎dolciario (“sweet (relational)”)

   ‎giudice (“judge”) + ‎-ario → ‎giudiziario (“judicial”)

2. forming nouns denoting a person (clarification of this definition is needed)

-ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ari)

1. added to numerals with various derivations

   ‎cento (“hundred”) + ‎-ario → ‎centenario (“hundred years old”)

   ‎otto (“eight”) + ‎-ario → ‎ottonario (“poetic verse with eight syllables”)

Borrowed from Latin -ārium.

-ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ari)

1. forming nouns (clarification of this definition is needed)

• -aio

• Roia, iora, orai

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.ri.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.ri.o]

-āriō

1. dative/ablative neuter singular of -ārium
2. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -ārius

-ario (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -aria, masculine plural -arios, feminine plural -arias)
-ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -arios, feminine -aria, feminine plural -arias)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of -ário

Borrowed from Latin -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -ero.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾjo/ [ˈa.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: -a‧rio

-ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -arios, feminine -aria, feminine plural -arias)

1. -ary

• “-ario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024