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Meaning of -aire | Babel Free

Phrase feminine CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. used to make nouns describing occupations from nouns
    by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, morpheme
  2. used to make adjectives describing interests or characteristics from verbs
    feminine, masculine, morpheme

Examples

“llenya (“firewood”) + -aire → llenyataire (“lumberjack”)”
“terrissa (“pottery”) + -aire → terrissaire (“potter”)”
“festa (“party”) + -aire → festaire (“partygoer”)”
“xerrar (“to chat”) + -aire → xerraire (“chatty”)”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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