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-arium
a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, which often denote a location or receptacle (armarium; caldarium; solarium; vivarium ). It has limited productivity in English, especially in words denoting an artificial environment for plants or animals, on the model of vivarium or herbarium: aquarium; insectarium; terrarium.
-arium
suffix
indicating a place for or associated with something
aquarium
planetarium
solarium
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of -arium1
Example Sentences
Book a 50-minute stay at Salt Mine Arium, a relaxing space filled with hundreds of radiant orange and pink Himalayan salt bricks.
Fire officials said in a statement that no injuries were reported after a fire tore through an Arium at Sweetwater Apartments complex building Friday afternoon.
I whisper a prayer to the Arium for the opportunity to struggle in their honour.
We will accept our places in the community of the Arium Domain.
To think I had been so arrogant as to seek to control the Arium.
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When To Use
The combining form -arium is a suffix meaning “location” or "receptacle." It is occasionally used in everyday and technical terms.The form -arium comes from Latin -ܳ, meaning "thing connected with or employed in, place for.” Though unrelated, a form similar in meaning and use is -tory (also -torium), from Latin -ōܳ, as in dormitory and auditorium. To learn more, check out our entries for both words.
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