单词 | -arium |
释义 | -ariuma suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, which often denote a location or receptacle (armarium; caldarium; solarium; vivarium). It has limited productivity in English, especially in words denoting an artificial environment for plants or animals, on the model of vivarium or herbarium: aquarium; insectarium; terrarium. Compare -ary. Origin of -arium<Latin -ārium;see -ary Words nearby -ariumarithmancy, arithmetic, arithmetician, arithmetic mean, arithmetic progression, -arium, Arius, Ariz., Arizona, Arjuna, ark Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for -arium-arium suffix forming nounsindicating a place for or associated with somethingaquarium; planetarium; solarium Word Origin for -ariumfrom Latin -ārium, neuter of -ārius -ary 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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