-iero

From earlier -yero, from French -ier.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi̯ero/

-iero

1. a case which contains or sustains the thing indicated by the root

   ‎kandelo (“candle”) + ‎-iero → ‎kandeliero (“candlestick”)

   ‎plumo (“pen”) + ‎-iero → ‎plumiero (“penholder”)

   ‎sigaro (“cigar”) + ‎-iero → ‎sigariero (“cigar tube”)

   ‎pomo (“apple”) + ‎-iero → ‎pomiero (“apple tree”)

   ‎lanco (“lance”) + ‎-iero → ‎lanciero (“lancer”)

Borrowed from French -ier, Portuguese -eiro/Spanish -ero from Latin -ārius and -ārium.

• IPA^(key): /iˈero/, /ˈjero/

-iero

1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a fruit- or nut-bearing tree, bush or other plant; tree, bush, plant

   ‎amandola (“almond”) + ‎-iero → ‎amandoliero (“almond tree”)

   ‎corco (“cork”) + ‎-iero → ‎corchiero (“cork tree”)

   ‎fraga (“strawberry”) + ‎-iero → ‎fragiero (“strawberry plant”)

• This suffix is not to be confused with -iera (“container, field, patch”).

• -eto (“grove”)

• Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

-iero (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iera, masculine plural -ieri, feminine plural -iere)

1. (relational) -ery

• Used to form adjectives (of French origin) associated with a particular trade, and related to a noun formed from -iere.

• erio-, eroi, iore