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-eria
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eria ería eriä -ería -éria -eria -erią
English
Etymology
en it -eria and en es -ería 1, by analogy with en cafeteria and en pizzeria. en -erie -ery.
Suffix
en rare en -erie//-ery place, shop.
Derived terms
en
Basque
Etymology
Perhaps related to eu -keria.249 -keria
Suffix
eu suffix
Used to create collective nouns.
eu ikasle student ikasleria student body
eu gazte young gazteria youth, young people
Derived terms
eu
References
Further reading
710 -go (-eria)
Catalan
Etymology
From ca -er -ia agent noun suffix.
Suffix
f
-ery place of art, craft or practice
Derived terms
ca
Further reading
Interlingua
Etymology
Borrowed from ia en -ery, ia fr -erie, ia it -eria, ia es -ería, all ultimately from ia la -āria.
Pronunciation
ia /eˈri.a/
Suffix
n
forms nouns from nouns, denoting a place where the root is prepared, kept or sold; -ery, shop, store
ia lacte milk lacteria dairy
ia instrumento tool instrumenteria tool shop
ia joiel jewel joieleria jeweller's
forms nouns from nouns, denoting a craft, practice or product of such; -ery, -work
ia drappo cloth drapperia drapery
ia arco bow archeria archery
forms nouns from nouns, denoting behaviour; -ery, -age, -ism
ia diabolo devil diaboleria devilry, diabolical behaviour
ia galante gallant galanteria galantry
ia clown clown clowneria clownery, clowning around
Derived terms
ia
References
Italian
Etymology
it :der la:-āria +
Pronunciation
Suffix
f
added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "place of" (an art, craft, or practice)
it gelato ice cream gelateria gelateria ice cream shop
it stiro ironing stireria stireria ironing place
-ery behavior characteristic of
it furbo sly furberia furberia act of slyness
it poltrona couch poltroneria poltroneria sluggishnessMay be better understood as "couch potatery," although this uses a nonce word.
-ery class, group, or classification of
it argento silver argenteria argenteria silverware
it cavallo horse cavalleria cavalleria cavalry
Usage notes
place of Similar to English -ery, although the Italian suffixes nouns, whereas the English suffixes verbs.
Derived terms
it
References
Anagrams
it aeir -arie -erai -iera aeri aire arie raie
Polish
Etymology
pl -ery :der fro:-erie<id:suf> 1
pl fro -erie.
Pronunciation
Suffix
pl suffix f
-ery, Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "a class, group, or collection of."
pl magnat magnateria
-ery, added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "behavior characteristic of."
pl wirtuoz wirtuozeria
Declension
Derived terms
pl
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
pt place suffix :der la:-āria suffix
Ultimately from pt la -āria. pt -aria -eira.
Pronunciation
Suffix
f
forms the names of places where the suffixed product is produced or sold, or the suffixed service is provided; -ery
pt -aria
Derived terms
pt
References