-aria

From Latin -āria.

-aria

1. (taxonomy) Used to form taxonomic names

-aria

1. plural of -arium

• IPA^(key): /ˈaria/, /ˈarja/

1=n

-aria

1. female equivalent of -ario

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

Borrowed from Latin -āria, feminine of -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -aia.

-aria f (plural -arie, masculine -ario)

1. feminine singular of -ario

• -aia

• arai, raia

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aː.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.ri.a]

Nominalization of the feminine forms of -ārius. Some nouns in -āria can be interpreted as adjectival modifiers of an implied feminine noun with a more general meaning, such as ferrāria f (“iron-mine”), a type of fodīna f (“mine”). For plant names, the understood noun may be herba f.

-āria f (genitive -āriae); first declension

1. Used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in -ārius.

   metallāria (“female miner”), feminine counterpart to metallārius (“(male) miner”), from metallum (“metal; mine”)

2. Used to form abstract nouns, as of offices, from other nouns.

   iūstitiāria (“judgeship; court sessions”), from iūstitia (“justice”)

3. Used to form names of plants

   bellonaria (“solanum”); vesicaria (“bladderwort”); moraria (“carline thistle”)

First-declension noun.

• -ārium, -ārius

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

-āria

1. inflection of -ārius:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

-āriā

1. ablative feminine singular of -ārius

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

-āria

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of -āris

Learned borrowing from Latin -āria. Doublet of -eira and -eria.

-aria f (noun-forming suffix, plural -arias)

1. forms the names of places where the suffixed product is produced or sold, or the suffixed service is provided; -ery

   ‎pizza (“pizza”) + ‎-aria → ‎pizzaria (“pizzeria”)

2. forms the names of professions associated with the suffixed word; -ery

   ‎carpinteiro (“carpenter”) + ‎-aria → ‎carpintaria (“carpentry”)

3. forms collectives, often with a negative connotation

   ‎grito (“scream”) + ‎-aria → ‎gritaria (“cacophony of screams”)

4. forms nouns indicating behaviour typical of the suffixed type of person

   ‎bruxa (“witch”) + ‎-aria → ‎bruxaria (“witchcraft”)

-aria

1. forms the first-person singular and third-person singular conditional of first-conjugation verbs

   ‎gritar (“to scream”) + ‎-aria → ‎gritaria (“[I/he/she/it] would scream”)

-aria

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

• “-aria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “-aria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

-aria

1. feminine of -ario