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-ior

-ior suffix: suffix occurring in comparative adjectives borrowed from Latin. Also the alternative form of -iour.

Suffix

-ior

  1. Suffix occurring in comparative adjectives borrowed from Latin.
    • anterior, inferior, junior, posterior, senior, superior

Also used as

-ior is also the alternative form of -iour.

Origin of -ior

From Latin -ior, the nominative masculine and feminine singular of the comparative suffix -iōr.

Variant of -iour.

Questions about -ior

What does -ior mean?
-ior means suffix occurring in comparative adjectives borrowed from Latin.
What part of speech is -ior?
-ior is a suffix.

Words near -ior in the dictionary

  1. -ins
  2. -iod-
  3. -ioid
  4. -ion
  5. -ions
  6. -ior
  7. -iot
  8. -iour
  9. -ious
  10. -irudin
  11. -isation

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