-iere
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French -ier, from Latin -arius. Doublet of the inherited suffix -aio. Cognate with Sicilian -eri.
Suffix
[edit]-iere m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ieri, feminine -iera)
- used to form masculine nouns (often of French origin) that represent a person who makes or sells a specified article; -er, -or
- giardino (“garden”) + -iere → giardiniere (“gardener”)
- gioiello (“jewel”) + -iere → gioielliere (“jeweller”)
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[edit]Suffix
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