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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-arian

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.77 in modern English

Syllables
-ar-i-an
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
4
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

A believer in something.

suffix

An advocate of something.

suffix

A native or inhabitant of somewhere.

suffix

Used to form an adjective meaning "of or pertaining to" from nouns ending in -arium.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Back-formation from various words ending in “arian”, some directly derived from Classical or Medieval Latin words ending in -arius by adding -an to the stem, other indirectly via Old French words ending in "arien(ne)" or "erien(ne)" or from English words ending in “ary” to which -an was suffixed; note the same phenomenon in -ary. Equivalent to -ary + -an.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

humanitarian bulgarian vegetarian semi-vegetarian presbyterian librarian libertarian ovarian marian barbarian sectarian totalitarian

Questions

What does -arian mean?
A believer in something.
Where does -arian come from?
It is traced to Old French.

How to pronounce -arian

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