-eria

Perhaps related to -keria.^[1]

-eria

1. Used to create collective nouns.

   ‎ikasle (“student”) + ‎-eria → ‎ikasleria (“student body”)

   ‎gazte (“young”) + ‎-eria → ‎gazteria (“youth, young people”)

• “-go (-eria)”, in Euskara Batuaren Eskuliburua [Handbook of Standard Basque], Euskaltzaindia, 2023

From -er (agent noun suffix) +‎ -ia.

-eria f (noun-forming suffix, plural -eries)

1. -ery (place of art, craft or practice)

• “-eria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “-eria” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Borrowed from English -ery, French -erie, Italian -eria, Spanish -ería, all ultimately from Latin -āria.

• IPA^(key): /eˈri.a/

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-eria

1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a place where the root is prepared, kept or sold; -ery, shop, store

   ‎lacte (“milk”) + ‎-eria → ‎lacteria (“dairy”)

   ‎instrumento (“tool”) + ‎-eria → ‎instrumenteria (“tool shop”)

   ‎joiel (“jewel”) + ‎-eria → ‎joieleria (“jeweller's”)

2. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a craft, practice or product of such; -ery, -work

   ‎drappo (“cloth”) + ‎-eria → ‎drapperia (“drapery”)

   ‎arco (“bow”) + ‎-eria → ‎archeria (“archery”)

3. forms nouns from nouns, denoting behaviour; -ery, -age, -ism

   ‎diabolo (“devil”) + ‎-eria → ‎diaboleria (“devilry, diabolical behaviour”)

   ‎galante (“gallant”) + ‎-eria → ‎galanteria (“galantry”)

   ‎clown (“clown”) + ‎-eria → ‎clowneria (“clownery, clowning around”)

• Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /eˈri.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: -e‧rì‧a

-eria f (noun-forming suffix, plural -erie)

1. added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "place of" (an art, craft, or practice)

   ‎gelato (“ice cream”) + ‎-eria → ‎gelateria (“ice cream shop”)

   ‎stiro (“ironing”) + ‎-eria → ‎stireria (“ironing place”)

2. -ery (behavior characteristic of)

   ‎furbo (“sly”) + ‎-eria → ‎furberia (“act of slyness”)

   ‎poltrona (“couch”) + ‎-eria → ‎poltroneria (“sluggishness^[1]”)

3. -ery (class, group, or classification of)

   ‎argento (“silver”) + ‎-eria → ‎argenteria (“silverware”)

   ‎cavallo (“horse”) + ‎-eria → ‎cavalleria (“cavalry”)

• (place of): Similar to English -ery, although the Italian suffixes nouns, whereas the English suffixes verbs.

• -arie, -erai, -iera, aeri, aire, arie, raie

Derived from Old French -erie.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.rja/
• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

-eria f

1. -ery, Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "a class, group, or collection of."

   ‎magnat + ‎-eria → ‎magnateria

2. -ery, added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "behavior characteristic of."

   ‎wirtuoz + ‎-eria → ‎wirtuozeria

• -eria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Ultimately from Latin -āria. Doublet of -aria and -eira.

-eria f (noun-forming suffix, plural -erias)

1. forms the names of places where the suffixed product is produced or sold, or the suffixed service is provided; -ery

   Near-synonym: -aria

• “-eria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “-eria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “-eria”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025