-aire

a suffix that forms nouns denoting a person characterized by or occupied with that named by the stem, occurring in loanwords from French:
concessionaire; doctrinaire; legionnaire; millionaire.

Aire

/ ɛə /

noun

a river in N England rising in the Pennines and flowing southeast to the Ouse. Length: 112 km (70 miles)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -aire¹

< French < Latin -ārius -ary, a learned doublet of the French suffix -ier -eer, -ier ²

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Example Sentences

Following its historic nomination to the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Maná has announced a new North American tour, Vivir Sin Aire, which is set to break Los Angeles arena records.

From Los Angeles Times

Tickets for the Vivir Sin Aire tour will go on sale starting Friday, March 14, at 10 a.m.

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In Oxnard, the siding, rain gutters and roofs of several mobile homes were damaged after a weak tornado ripped through the Country Club Mobile Estates and the Ocean Aire Mobile Homes Estates.

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Mr Platt said the group had been fishing "as normal" on the River Aire when his son made his discovery close to South Accommodation Road.

From BBC

Ian Platt said his son snared "a very large artillery round, which looks live" from under a bridge spanning the River Aire, in Leeds, earlier.

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