-aire

By analogy with millionaire, which was, in turn, borrowed from French millionnaire.

-aire

1. One whose wealth exceeds a specific number of units in the local currency.

• Arie, arie

Inherited from Latin -ātor.

-aire m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -aires)

1. used to make nouns describing occupations from nouns

   ‎llenya (“firewood”) + ‎-aire → ‎llenyataire (“lumberjack”)

   ‎terrissa (“pottery”) + ‎-aire → ‎terrissaire (“potter”)

   ‎festa (“party”) + ‎-aire → ‎festaire (“partygoer”)

-aire m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -aires)

1. used to make adjectives describing interests or characteristics from verbs

   ‎xerrar (“to chat”) + ‎-aire → ‎xerraire (“chatty”)

• “-aire”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “-aire” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin -ārium, the accusative of -ārius; or (in the feminine) from -āria. Compare the inherited doublet of -ier/-ière.

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁ/

-aire m or f by sense (plural -aires)

1. -ary (nominal suffix)
2. -aire

-aire (plural -aires)

1. -ary (adjectival suffix)

• “-aire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• -ire (following a slender consonant)

From Old Irish -aire, from Old French -aire, ultimately from Latin -ārius.

-aire m

1. -er, -or (agentive suffix)

• This suffix forms masculine nouns of the fourth declension.

-aire m (feminine -aira)

1. -er; suffix used to form agent nouns.

   ‎dançar (“to dance”) + ‎-aire → ‎dançaire (“dancer”)

Ultimately from Latin -ārius.

-aire m

1. Agentive affix, similar to English -er, -or

• Irish: -aire
• Scottish Gaelic: -air