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-orium en · X

Pronunciation

• /-ˈoɾ.ɪ.əm/ (Scotland)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /-ˈoːɹ.ə.əm/ (New-Zealand)
• /-ˈɔːɹ.ɪ.əm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-ˈoːɾ.ɪ.um/ (India)
• -ôr′ĭ-əm
• /-ˈoɹ.ɪ.əm/ (Canada, General-American)
• /-ˈoːɹ.ɪ.əm/ (Australia)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -ōrium. Doublet of -ory.

Meanings

1. (morpheme) Forming nouns denoting a place for a particular function or thing.
   • appress + -orium → appressorium
   • “It’s a pickle jar,” said Alice. “It’s one of the new kind called a pickelorium.” 1933 July 9, Ellis Parker Butler, “Enough Is Sufficient”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LII, page 6, columns 2–3:

Forms

Synonyms

-arium