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English Etymology en -ory * :lbor la:-ōrium<id:-ory> en -ory<id:nominal>. Pronunciation -ôr′ĭ-əm en /-ˈɔːɹ.ɪ.əm/ RP en /-ˈoɹ.ɪ.əm/ GenAm,CanE en /-ˈoːɹ.ɪ.əm/ AuE en /-ˈoːɹ.ə.əm/ NZE en /-ˈoɾ.ɪ.əm/ ScE en /-ˈoːɾ.ɪ.um/ InE en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--orium.wav Southern England en ɔːɹɪəm 3 en -or i um Suffix + -oria Forming nouns denoting a place for a particular function or thing. en -arium en appress appressorium en w:Ellis Parker Butler Enough Is Sufficient w:Los Angeles Times 9 July 1933 LII 6 2–3 “It’s a pickle jar,” said Alice. “It’s one of the new kind called a pickelorium.” Derived terms en Further reading -orium n. suf en https://www.wordsmyth.net/?ent=-orium The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus -or·i·um 2026-03-24 en https://wordinfo.info/unit/1509 A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements -orium, -oria, -ory 2026-03-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20191016163926/https://wordinfo.info/unit/1509 2019-10-16 Latin Etymology la -ory -ōrium :from -tōrium -ārium<id:storage location> :influence<unc> -or<id:abstract nouns> la -tōrium; or an alteration of la -ārium, perhaps also influenced in some cases by the abstract noun suffix la -or (as in la sūdōrium, a medieval alternative form of la sūdārium, from la sūdor). Pronunciation -ōrium la -ō ri um Suffix -ōrium<2.-ium> la Medieval Latin suffix forming nouns, usually denoting places or objects la ferveō//fervor<t:to boil / boiling heat> -ōrium fervōrium<t:cauldron> la lavō<t:to wash, to bathe> -ōrium lavōrium//lavārium<t:washroom, wash basin> la servō<t:to preserve, to reserve> -ōrium servōrium//servārium//servātōrium<t:fish pond, fish tank> Declension -ōrium<2.-ium>