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单词 -arium
释义

-arium


a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, which often denote a location or receptacle (armarium; caldarium; solarium; vivarium). It has limited productivity in English, especially in words denoting an artificial environment for plants or animals, on the model of vivarium or herbarium: aquarium; insectarium; terrarium.
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Origin of -arium

<Latin -ārium;see -ary

Words nearby -arium

arithmancy, arithmetic, arithmetician, arithmetic mean, arithmetic progression, -arium, Arius, Ariz., Arizona, Arjuna, ark
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British Dictionary definitions for -arium

-arium

suffix forming nouns

indicating a place for or associated with somethingaquarium; planetarium; solarium

Word Origin for -arium

from Latin -ārium, neuter of -ārius -ary
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