-iere

See also: iere and -ière

Italian

Alternative forms

-ere

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French -ier, from Latin -arius. Doublet of the inherited suffix -aio and -aro. Cognate with Sicilian -eri.

Suffix

-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”)

Suffix

-iere f

plural of -iera

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -iere

Anagrams

-erei

Middle English

Alternative forms

-ȝer, -iar, -ier, -ior, -yare, -yer, -yere, -yȝere

Etymology

Probably from -ien (infinitival suffix) +‎ -ere (agent noun); i.e. nouns in -ere built on verbs in -ien; possibly reinforced by Old French -ier once -ie- became a rising diphthong.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-jər(ə)/, /-i.ər(ə)/
IPA^(key): /-iˌɛ̞ːr(ə)/, /-jɛ̞ːr(ə)/ (with secondary stress)

Suffix

-iere

Forms agent nouns from other nouns or verbs; -er

Usage notes

Most nouns with this suffix have variant forms in -ere.

Derived terms

Middle English terms suffixed with -iere

Descendants

English: -yer, -ier

References

“-iē̆r(e, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Tolkien, J. R. R. (1929), “Ancrene Wisse and Hali Meiðhad”, in H. W. Garrod, compiler, Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association‎^[1], volume 14, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 121: “It led also to the generalization of luui- as the stem (later M.E. lovyeth sg. and pl., lovyere)”.

Spanish

Suffix

-iere

first/third-person singular future subjunctive of -er
first/third-person singular future subjunctive of -ir