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See also: Appendix:Variations of "are"
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Suffix
-are (verb-forming suffix)
- the infinitive ending of most regular verbs; also, a productive suffix forming new verbs from nouns
Usage notes
Conjugation
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Etymology 2
Suffix
-are m or f by sense (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ari)
- suffix forming adjectives, often specifically relational adjectives, from nouns
Usage notes
- See cellulare as an example of such an adjective.
Etymology 3
Suffix
-are f pl (non-lemma form of noun-forming suffix)
Derived terms
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaː.rɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.re]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *-āzi, in which z changed into r due to rhotacism. Formed by analogy with -ere.
Suffix
-āre
- present active infinitive of -ō (first conjugation)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- -āris (indicative only)
Suffix
-āre
- second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative of -ō (first conjugation)
Etymology 3
Suffix
-āre
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Middle English
Suffix
-are
- alternative form of -ere (agentive suffix)
Neapolitan
Etymology
Suffix
-are
- forms first-conjugation verbs
Derived terms
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Old Norse -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”). Also substituting Old Norse -ir. This suffix is not Germanic, ultimately deriving from Latin -ārius through borrowings, and lives on in different guises in the Germanic languages, e.g., in the German -er, used for the same purpose.
Suffix
-are m
- a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare (“protector, defender”), from væria (“to defend”)
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: -are
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Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin -āre, present infinitive of -ō (1st-conjugation verbal suffix), from Proto-Italic *-āō. Compare Campidanese -ai.
Suffix
-are (Logudorese, Nuorese)
Conjugation
Conjugation of -are (Nuorese)
Derived terms
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Spanish
Suffix
-are
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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish -are, from Old Norse -ari (also substituting Old Norse -ir), from Proto-Germanic *-ōzô.
Suffix
-are
- (on adjectives) Regular construction of comparative: ful (“ugly”) → fulare (“uglier”)
- (on verbs) Denotes a person or object who (regularly) performs the action of the verb: klättra (“climb”) → klättrare (“climber”)
- Used to form the names of residents or inhabitants of particular places; in particular towns/cities: Stockholm → stockholmare (“Stockholmer”). Note that the resulting word is not capitalized.
Usage notes
(noun): Unchanged in the plural nominative, this having what in Swedish is called nollplural (“zero-plural”).
Synonyms
- (person from): -bo (3) (in some cases not as common as -are)
Derived terms
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