-aro

From Latin -arium (“-arium”) and Russian -арь (-arʹ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaro/

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• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: a‧ro

-aro

1. a coherent collection for a noun

   ‎arbo (“tree”) + ‎-aro → ‎arbaro (“forest”)

   ‎vorto (“word”) + ‎-aro → ‎vortaro (“dictionary”)

   ‎ŝtupo (“step”) + ‎-aro → ‎ŝtuparo (“staircase”)

   ‎amiko (“friend”) + ‎-aro → ‎amikaro (“circle of friends”)

-aro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ari, feminine -ara)

1. (dialectal, chiefly central Italy) alternative form of -aio

• Ora, ora