-ferous
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- Bearing; producing; containing:
具有;产生;包含:
carboniferous.
含碳的
语源
- -fer
-fer - -ous
-ous
-ferous
combining form in adjective
bearing or producing
⇒
coniferous
⇒
Compare -gerous
crystalliferous
Compare -gerous
Origin
from -fer + -ous-ferous
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing,” “yielding,” “containing,” “conveying,” used in the formation of compound words:
coniferous; pestiferous.
Compare -fer.
Origin
Middle English; see -fer, -ous
Related Words
- -fer
- aeriferous
- aluminiferous
- amentiferous
- argentiferous
- balsamiferous
-ferousan adjective suffix meaning 'bearing', 'producing','yielding', 'containing', 'conveying', as in auriferous, balsamiferous, coniferous, pestiferous.
[-fer producing + -ous]-ferous
adjective combining form
carboniferous
adjective combining form
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French -fere -fer, from Latin -fer
: bearing : producingcarboniferous
-ferous
(一般作-iferous)
combining form
- having, bearing, or containing (a specified thing)表示“具有”, “含有”, “产生”:
-
Carboniferous
pestiferous.
派生词
-ferously combining form
in corresponding adverbs
[用于相应的副词]
-ferousness combining form
in corresponding nouns
[用于相应的名词]。
词源
from French -fère or Latin -fer 'producing', from ferre 'to bear'.
ORIGIN: Repr. French -fère or Latin -fer carrying, bearing (see -fer ) + -ous .
-ferous
suffix added to nouns to form adjectives. producing; containing; conveying, as in metalliferous, odoriferous.
[< Latin -fer (< ferre to bear) + English -ous]
-fer·ous
\_f(ə)rəs\ adjective combining form
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin -fer & Middle French -fere (from Latin -fer) + English -ous — more at -fer
: bearing : producing : yielding
< auriferous >
< ovuliferous >
— almost always preceded by i
• -fer·ous·lyadverb combining form
• -fer·ous·nessnoun combining form -es
< auriferous >
< ovuliferous >
— almost always preceded by i
• -fer·ous·ly
• -fer·ous·ness
-ferous
Suffix
- producing the specified material
- containing the specified material
Etymology
From Latin ferō (“I bear”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -ferous