English Explanatory Dictionary

-ary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.
  2. Ending of some substantives borrowed or inherited from Latin and French.
  3. Having the specified arity.

Pronunciation

/ə.ɹi/ /ɹi/ /ɛɹ.i/

Word forms

-ary

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Inherited from Middle English -arie, a back-formation from Latin and French-borrowed adjectives ending respectively in -ārius and -aire (more rarely from Latin adjectives in -āris: see exemplary and lapidary). Doublet of -ar, -eer, -ier, and -yer; see also the related -arian.

Synonyms

-al -ar -ese -ic -id -ish -like -oid -ory -ous -y -adic

Derived words

binary nullary quaternary quinary ternary unary

Translations

Arabic: ـِيّ Catalan: -ari Galician: -ario Galician: -aria Hungarian: -árius, -(bel)i, -s, -t/tt Interlingua: -ari Italian: -ario Italian: -aria Italian: -aio Italian: -aia Portuguese: -ário
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