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Meaning of -orium | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1
[oː.ri.ũː]

Definitions

Suffix forming nouns, usually denoting places or objects

Medieval-Latin, declension-2, morpheme

Examples

“lavō (“to wash, bathe”) → lavōrium (“washroom, wash basin”) (also lavārium)”
“servō (“to preserve, reserve”) → servōrium (“fish pond, fish tank”) (also servārium, servātōrium)”
“ferveō (“to boil”) and fervor (“boiling heat”) → fervōrium (“cauldron”)”

CEFR level

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

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