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-oria

Syllables: -or·i·aUK/-ˈɔːɹ.ɪ.ə/US/-ˈoɹ.ɪ.ə/

-oria is the plural of -orium.

Meaning of -orium

Suffix

-orium (noun-forming suffix, plural -oriums or -oria)

  1. Forming nouns denoting a place for a particular function or thing.
    • appress + -orium → appressorium
    Synonyms:
    -arium

Origin of -oria

Learned borrowing from Latin -ōria.

Questions about -oria

What is -oria the plural of?
-oria is the plural of -orium.
How do you pronounce -oria?
-oria is pronounced /-ˈɔːɹ.ɪ.ə/ (UK).

Words near -oria in the dictionary

  1. -opsis
  2. -opsy
  3. -or
  4. -orama
  5. -orexia
  6. -oria
  7. -ories
  8. -orium
  9. -oriums
  10. -orph-
  11. -orphan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -oria (page history and authors); -orium (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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