-ear

See also: ear, EAR, éar, èar, and 'ear

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin -idiāre, popular counterpart to Latin -izāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein).

Suffix

-ear

  1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -ear

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin -idiāre, popular counterpart to Latin -izāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein). Doublet of -izar, borrowed from the 'proper' Latin form.

Cognate to Catalan -ejar, French -oyer, Italian -eggiare, Occitan -ejar, Romanian -ez, Spanish -ear.

Suffix

-ear

  1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize
    guerra (war) + -earguerrear (to war)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ear

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ar]

Suffix

-ear

  1. Forming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having’
    slànaich (heal, cure, verb) + -earslànaighear (healer, savior)
  2. Forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’
    drùis (lechery, licentiousness, lust) + -eardrùisear (whoremonger, fornicator, lecher)

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -ear

See also


Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin -idiāre, popular counterpart to Latin -izāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein). Doublet of -izar, borrowed from the 'proper' Latin form. Compare Portuguese -ear/-ejar, Catalan -ejar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈaɾ/ [eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: -e‧ar

Suffix

-ear (first-person singular present -eo, first-person singular preterite -eé, past participle -eado)

  1. forms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some pronouns
    humo (steam) + -earhumear (to steam)

Usage notes

  • The suffix is usually used for loanwords and proper nouns which are used in the form of a verb instead.
    Google + -eargooglear (to google)
    Facebook + -earfacebookear (to go on Facebook)
    cache + -earcachear (to cache)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ear

Further reading

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