-oriumSee -ory2.
-orium
noun suffix
(plural -oriums or -oria)
haustorium
noun suffix
(plural -oriums or -oria)
ETYMOLOGY Latin, from neuter of -orius -ory
: -ory Ihaustorium
-orium
suffix
- forming nouns denoting a place for a particular function[构成名词]表示“堂”, “馆”等有特定功能的处所:
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auditorium
sanatorium
词源
from Latin; compare with -ORY 1.
1925 Amer. Speech I. 38/2Barbatorium, a barber shop. Bobatorium, a place where hair is bobbed. Healthatorium, synonymous for sanatorium. Infantorium, a sanatorium for infants... Motortorium, an automobile repair shop... Suitatorium, a place where suits are cleaned and pressed. . [ etc.]
1943 Ibid. XVIII. 71/1Perhaps the following forms on the -orium ending have not previously been noted: furnitorium (a furniture store), hairitorium (a store dealing in wigs and hair goods), and puritorium (a Hebrew ritual bath).
1957 Journal des Traducteurs II. 49 In recent decades advertisers intent on catching the public eye have freely exploited such suffixes as -orium..to form hairorium, meatorium, sportorium.
1959 Times 28 Oct. 13/4 A market gardener in New South Wales..keeps a lonely stall bearing the notice ‘Potatorium’.
Ibid. 31 Oct. 7/7Lubritorium (United States) is, inevitably, not Latin.
Ibid. 2 Nov. 13/4Thirty years ago there was a ‘pantatorium’ in Cambridge ( Mass. ), which pressed pants..rapidly.
1963 R. I. McDavid Mencken'sAmer. Lang. 221The former has given lubritorium (the lubricating rack in a filling station), printorium, corsetorium, hotdogatorium, parentorium (a parent guidance center), puritorium (a Jewish ritual bath) and eatatorium. [ -orium]
ORIGIN: Latin , neut. sing. ending of adjectives in -orius -ory 2 .
-o·ri·um
\ˈōrēəm, ˈȯr-\ noun suffix
(plural -o·ri·ums \-ēəmz\ ; or -o·ria \-ēə\)
Etymology: Latin, from neuter of -orius -ory
1. : place for
< natatorium >
2. : thing used for
< haustorium >
1.
< natatorium >
2.
< haustorium >
后缀:-orium [名词后缀]
表示场所,地点
auditorium 礼堂,讲堂
beautorium 美容院
healthatorium 疗养院
sanatorium 疗养院
crematorium 火葬场
natatorium (室内)游泳池