-ier

Examples
happy → happier scary → scarier

From -y +‎ -er.

-ier

1. spelling of the suffix sequence -y followed by -er, or of any word ending in -y suffixed with -er.

• -ied
• -iest

From French -ier.

-ier

1. Used to make agent nouns, particularly with words from French: clothier, perfumier.

• rie, RIE, ire, eir, Rie, IRE, IrE, rei, Ire., Eri, EIR, Eri.

Borrowed from French -ier.

• IPA^(key): /iːr/

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-ier m

1. appended to a word, it yields a noun which signifies the subject who performs something related to that word

• -er

Inherited from Middle French -ier, -er, from Old French -ier, -er, from Latin -ārium, the accusative of -ārius. Compare the borrowed doublet -aire.

• IPA^(key): /je/

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-ier m (plural -iers, feminine -ière)

1. forms the names of trees or bushes bearing a particular type of fruit

   ‎banane (“banana”) + ‎-ier → ‎bananier (“banana tree”)

   ‎poire (“pear”) + ‎-ier → ‎poirier (“pear tree”)

2. forms the names of ships

   ‎chalut (“trawl net”) + ‎-ier → ‎chalutier (“trawler”)

   ‎pétrole (“oil”) + ‎-ier → ‎pétrolier (“oil tanker”)

3. forms the names of jobs

   ‎chocolat (“chocolate”) + ‎-ier → ‎chocolatier (“chocolatier”)

• “-ier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French -ier.

• IPA^(key): /i̯eː/, /jeː/

-ier m

1. A noun-forming suffix, used especially to render similar suffixes in borrowings from French.

   ‎Kneipe + ‎-ier → ‎Kneipier

   ‎Pleite + ‎-ier → ‎Pleitier

• “-ier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

-ier

1. Alternative form of -er (suffix forming or denoting a verb)
2. Alternative form of -er (suffix forming or denoting an agent noun, often a profession)

• -er (both etymologies, present in all varieties but more common in Anglo-Norman than in France)
• -ar (verbal suffix, 9th and 10th centuries. Only a couple of words are attested with this suffix, salvar, intrar and devastar)

From Latin -āre.

-ier

1. suffix used to form infinitives of first conjugation verbs

   forgier ― to forge

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: -ier, -er
  • French: -er
• Gallo: -ieu
• → Middle High German: -ieren
  • German: -ieren, -iren (obsolete, used alternatively until ca. 1900)
    • → Bulgarian: -ирам (-iram)
    • → Russian: -ировать (-irovatʹ)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: -irati
• Norman: -yi (Jersey)

From Latin -ārius, -ārium.

-ier

1. indicates a profession

   bouchier ― butcher

2. indicates location, where one lives

   forestier ― forester

• Middle French: -er, -ier (typically early Middle French)
  • French: -ier
  • → English: -eer
• ⇒ Old French: -erie (see there for further descendants)
• → Italian: -iere
• → Sicilian: -eri

• Appendix:Old French verbs
• -ir
• -re

-ier

1. -an; making a noun, describing a person by nationality, e.g. Indien → indier, Iran, iranier

• -an

• -eri