-airesuffix

Primary stress is usually attracted to this suffix, but (especially in U.S.) can sometimes also be found on the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element; see e.g. bazillionaire n.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French -aire.

Etymology: < French -aire -ary suffix¹.Apparently attested earliest in the second half of the 19th cent. in billionaire n., which is modelled on the French loan millionaire n. Subsequently in a small number of (frequently humorous) formations denoting wealthy people, chiefly modelled on these words (e.g. bazillionaire n., gazillionaire n., milliardaire n., pillionaire n., pyramidaire n.).

Forming nouns with the sense ‘a person characterized by that which is denoted by the first element’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	-aire
释义	-airesuffix Primary stress is usually attracted to this suffix, but (especially in U.S.) can sometimes also be found on the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element; see e.g. bazillionaire n. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French -aire. Etymology: < French -aire -ary suffix¹.Apparently attested earliest in the second half of the 19th cent. in billionaire n., which is modelled on the French loan millionaire n. Subsequently in a small number of (frequently humorous) formations denoting wealthy people, chiefly modelled on these words (e.g. bazillionaire n., gazillionaire n., milliardaire n., pillionaire n., pyramidaire n.). Forming nouns with the sense ‘a person characterized by that which is denoted by the first element’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < suffix
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