| 释义 |
-ier -ier suffix forming nouns a variant of -eer: brigadier. [from Old English -ere -er1 or (in some words) from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius -ary]-ier1 , var. of -er 1 , usu. in nouns designating trades: collier; clothier; furrier; glazier. [Middle English -ier(e), variant of -yer(e) (compare -yer)] -ier2 , a noun suffix occurring mainly in loanwords from French, often similar in meaning to -eer, with which it is etymologically identical (brigadier; financier); it is also found in an older group of loanwords with stress on the initial syllable (barrier; courier) and in more recent borrowings without the final r sound (dossier; hotelier). [< French, Old French < Latin] |