˜yÐÄvlog

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-aire

  1. a suffix that forms nouns denoting a person characterized by or occupied with that named by the stem, occurring in loanwords from French:

    concessionaire; doctrinaire; legionnaire; millionaire.

Aire

/ ɛə /

noun

  1. a river in N England rising in the Pennines and flowing southeast to the Ouse. Length: 112 km (70 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of -aire1

< French < Latin -Äå°ù¾±³Ü²õ -ary, a learned doublet of the French suffix -ier -eer, -ier 2

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