-arium (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

  1. 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.
suffix forming nouns
  1. indicating a place for or associated with something
-arium (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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