-aire

1. a suffix that forms nouns denoting a person characterized by or occupied with that named by the stem, occurring in loanwords from French.

   concessionaire; doctrinaire; legionnaire; millionaire.

Aire

/ ɛə /

noun

1. a river in N England rising in the Pennines and flowing southeast to the Ouse. Length: 112 km (70 miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Aire¹

< French < Latin -ārius -ary, a learned doublet of the French suffix -ier -eer, -ier ²

Example Sentences

The paper added that it had made several attempts to speak to his two daughters in Buenos Aires over the years but to no avail.

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The paper said it had made attempts over several years to speak to the late Nazi's two daughters in Buenos Aires about their father and the missing artworks, but to no avail.

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"Here in Buenos Aires the news focuses too much on the city," he argues.

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Buenos Aires provincial security minister Javier Alonso said the decision took too long and that it was "clear that there was a very hostile attitude".

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The two sides meet again in Buenos Aires on Saturday.

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