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-arium

  1. 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.


-arium

suffix forming nouns

  1. indicating a place for or associated with something

    planetarium

    aquarium

    solarium

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of -arium1

< Latin -ārium; -ary
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -arium1

from Latin -ārium, neuter of -ārius -ary

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