Words that come from French “-aire”

400 words across 16 languages descend from French -aire — including documentary, egalitarian, reactionary, millionaire, biliary, mammary, globular, millionaires.

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French (276)

English (91)

Dutch (8)

Russian (5)

Hungarian (3)

Czech (2)

Turkish (2)

Italian (2)

Danish (2)

Georgian (2)

German (2)

Volapük (1)

Japanese (1)

Korean (1)

Yiddish (1)

Romanian (1)