-ier

From -y + -er.

-ier

1. spelling of the suffix sequence -y followed by -er, or of any word ending in -(e)y suffixed with -er.

   dicey → dicier; clayey → clayier; gluey → gluier; happy → happier; scary → scarier; tomatoey → tomatoier

• -ied
• -iest

From Middle English -ier, -iere from verbs ending in -ien + -ere, later extended to form other nouns (e.g. Middle English clothyer, glasiere, lovier, tiliere). Later reinforced by Middle French and modern French -ier, largely in words more recently borrowed from or influenced by French (e.g. cashier, financier, etc.). Doublet of -ar, -ary, -eer, and -yer.

-ier

2. Forming nouns denoting occupations, particularly with words from French.

   clothier, perfumier

• rie, RIE, ire, eir, Rie, IRE, IrE, rei, Ire., Eri, EIR, Eri.

Borrowed from French -ier.

• IPA^(key): /ir/, [iːr]

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• Hyphenation: -ier

-ier m

1. appended to a word, it yields a noun which signifies the subject who performs something related to that word

• -er

Inherited from Middle French -ier, -er, from Old French -ier, -er, from Latin -ārium, the accusative of -ārius. Compare the borrowed doublet -aire.

• IPA^(key): /je/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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-ier m (noun-forming suffix, plural -iers, feminine -ière)

1. forms the names of trees or bushes bearing a particular type of fruit

   ‎banane (“banana”) + ‎-ier → ‎bananier (“banana tree”)

   ‎poire (“pear”) + ‎-ier → ‎poirier (“pear tree”)

2. forms the names of ships

   ‎chalut (“trawl net”) + ‎-ier → ‎chalutier (“trawler”)

   ‎pétrole (“oil”) + ‎-ier → ‎pétrolier (“oil tanker”)

3. forms the names of jobs

   ‎chocolat (“chocolate”) + ‎-ier → ‎chocolatier (“chocolatier”)

• “-ier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Borrowed from French -ier.

• IPA^(key): /i̯eː/, /jeː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: -ier

-ier m

1. A noun-forming suffix, used especially to render similar suffixes in borrowings from French.

   ‎Kneipe + ‎-ier → ‎Kneipier

   ‎Pleite + ‎-ier → ‎Pleitier

• “-ier”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

-ier

1. alternative form of -ri (present passive infinitive)

-ier

1. alternative form of -er (agentive suffix)

-ier

1. alternative form of -iere

-ier

1. alternative form of -er (suffix forming or denoting a verb)
2. alternative form of -er (suffix forming or denoting an agent noun, often a profession)

From Latin -āre.

• -er (present in all varieties but more common in Anglo-Norman than in France)
• -ar (9th and 10th centuries. Only a couple of words are attested with this suffix, salvar, intrar and devastar)

-ier

1. suffix used to form infinitives of first conjugation verbs

   forgier ― to forge

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: -er
  • French: -er
• Gallo: -ieu
• → Middle High German: -ieren
  • German: -ieren, -iren (obsolete, used alternatively until ca. 1900)
    • → Bulgarian: -ирам (-iram)
    • → Russian: -ировать (-irovatʹ)
      • →⇒ Georgian: -ირება (-ireba)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: -irati
• Norman: -yi (Jersey)

Inherited from Latin -ārium.

• -er (present in all varieties but more common in Anglo-Norman than in France)

-ier

2. indicates a profession

   bouchier ― butcher

3. indicates location, where one lives

   forestier ― forester

• -erie f

• Middle French: -er
  • French: -ier, -er
  • → English: -eer, -er
• → Middle English: -er, -eer, -ere, -ier, -ir, -yr
  • English: -er (conflated with -ere)
  • Middle Scots: -er, -ar
    • Scots: -er (conflated with -ere)
• → Italian: -iere
• → Romanian: -ier
• → Old Irish: -aire
  • Irish: -aire
  • Scottish Gaelic: -air
• → Sicilian: -eri

• Appendix:Old French verbs
• -ir
• -re

• IPA^(key): /ɪ̯er/, [ɪ̯er]

-ier

1. genitive plural of -ra

-ier

1. -an; making a noun, describing a person by nationality

   ‎Indien + ‎-ier → ‎indier

   ‎Iran + ‎-ier → ‎iranier

• -an

• -eri