aire

See also: Aire, airé, aíre, airė, àire, airë, Aïre, aïré, airę, and -aire

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English

Noun

aire (countable and uncountable, plural aires)

1. Obsolete spelling of air.

Derived terms

• rockaire

Anagrams

• Arie, arie

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin āēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈai̯ɾe/
• Syllabification: ai‧re
• Rhymes: -ai̯ɾe

Noun

aire m

1. air (mixture of gases)
2. wind, breeze
3. air (manner)

   Tien un aire de persona que faría ixo ― It looks like a person who would do that.

4. (equestrianism) gait
5. (music) air, tune

Interjection

aire

1. Encouraging to start a movement, just like let's go

   Synonyms: au, va, tira

Related terms

• aerio

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin aēr, āeris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈai̯ɾe/ [ˈai̯.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -ai̯ɾe
• Syllabification: ai‧re

Noun

aire m (plural aires)

1. air

Basque

Etymology

From Spanish aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ai̯ɾe/ [ai̯.ɾe]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ai̯ɾe, -e
• Hyphenation: ai‧re

Noun

aire inan

1. air (mixture of gasses)

Declension

Declension of aire (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	aire	airea	aireak
ergative	airek	aireak	aireek
dative	aireri	aireari	aireei
genitive	aireren	airearen	aireen
comitative	airerekin	airearekin	aireekin
causative	airerengatik	airearengatik	aireengatik
benefactive	airerentzat	airearentzat	aireentzat
instrumental	airez	aireaz	aireez
inessive	airetan	airean	aireetan
locative	airetako	aireko	aireetako
allative	airetara	airera	aireetara
terminative	airetaraino	aireraino	aireetaraino
directive	airetarantz	airerantz	aireetarantz
destinative	airetarako	airerako	aireetarako
ablative	airetatik	airetik	aireetatik
partitive	airerik	—	—
prolative	airetzat	—	—

Further reading

• “aire”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “aire”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin āēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈaj.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈaj.ɾe]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Noun

aire m (plural aires)

1. air (mixture of gases)
2. wind, breeze
3. air (manner)

   Té un aire de salut ― It looks healthy.

4. (equestrianism) gait
5. (music) air, tune

Derived terms

• a l'aire lliure
• aire comprimit
• cop d'aire
• enlaire

Related terms

• aeri

Further reading

• “aire”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “aire”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “aire” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aire” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁ/

• une aire:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France):

  (file)

• Homophones: air, airent, aires, airs, ère, ères, erre, errent, erres, ers (general), haire, haires, hère, hères, r (aspirated)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French aire, eire, from Latin ārea. Doublet of are and area, which were learned borrowings.

Noun

aire f (plural aires)

1. (geometry) (surface) area

   Synonym: superficie

2. (architecture) a flat surface
3. (sailing) direction of the wind
4. threshing floor
5. area, zone, range (a space in which a certain thing occurs)

Derived terms

• aire d'autoroute
• aire de Broca
• aire de distribution
• aire de jeux
• aire de lancement
• aire de répartition
• aire de repos
• aire de Wernicke
• aire urbaine

Related terms

• airial
• are

Etymology 2

Probably from Latin ager, agrum (and hence a doublet of ager, a later borrowing), or related to the above. Compare Old Occitan agre (“bird's nest”).

Noun

aire f (plural aires)

1. eyrie, aerie

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aire

1. inflection of airer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• raie

Galician

Alternative forms

• ar

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aire (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin aēr, aeris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈajɾe/ [ˈa̠j.ɾɪ]
• Rhymes: -ajɾe
• Hyphenation: /ai‧re

Noun

aire m (plural aires)

1. air
   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 108:

     Et algũu mouro astroso, que sabe fazer estas cousas, fezo aquela uisom vijr pelo aere por nos espantar cõ esta arteria.

     And some despicable Moor, who knows how to do this things, made this vision that came by the air, to scare us with this trick

2. evil eye

   Synonyms: mal de ollo, ollada

Derived terms

• aire acondicionado
• aire comprimido
• airear
• airoso
• ao aire
• ao aire libre
• cambiar de aires
• colchón de aire
• mudar de aires

References

• “aire”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “aire”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aire”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aire”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aire”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN