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ar (iou)



-ar suffix1.
[Repr. Latin -aris adjectival suffix, synon. with -alis (-AL1) but used where l preceded, or Old French -aire, -ier (later refash. after Latin).] Forming adjectives with the sense 'of the kind of, pertaining to', as angular, lunar, molecular, stellar, titular, etc. Also forming nouns, as scholar.
[Repr. Latin -ar(e) neut. of -aris, or French -er.] Forming nouns, as pillar.
-ar suffix2 (not productive).
[Repr. Latin -arius, -ium (usu. repr. by -ER1, -ARY1) or French -aire, or -ier.]
Forming nouns, as bursar, exemplar, vicar, etc.
-ar suffix3 (not productive).
Alt. of -ER1, -ER2, or -OR, as beggar, liar, pedlar, etc.