-ware
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#WARECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#WARE ware, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#WARECategory:English terms derived from Old English#WARE waru, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WARECategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WARE *waru, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WARECategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WARE *warō, with meaning gradually shifting from guard, protection to an object that is in possession, hence meriting attention, guarded, cared for, and protected.
Suffix
-ware (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -wares)Category:English lemmas#WARECategory:English suffixes#WARECategory:English noun-forming suffixes#WARECategory:English uncountable nouns#WARECategory:English countable nouns#WARECategory:English countable nouns#WARECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WARECategory:Pages with entries#WARECategory:Pages with 3 entries#WARE
- Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items made from a particular substance.
- Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items made in a particular place.
- Abruzzi + -ware → Abruzzi ware
- Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items of a particular kind or for a particular use.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Back-formation from softwareCategory:English back-formations#WARE. See also ware and warehouse.
Suffix
-ware (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)Category:English lemmas#WARECategory:English suffixes#WARECategory:English noun-forming suffixes#WARECategory:English uncountable nouns#WARECategory:English uncountable nouns#WARECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WARECategory:Pages with entries#WARECategory:Pages with 3 entries#WARE
- (computingCategory:en:Computing#WARE) Used to form mass nouns denoting specific classes of computer software, based on use, function, or method of distribution.
Derived terms
- abandonware
- adware
- annoyware
- badware
- baitware
- beerware
- beggarware
- Be-ware
- bloatware
- bookware
- cardware
- careware
- censorware
- charityware
- coasterware
- courseware
- crapware
- crimeware
- crippleware
- crudware
- cyberware
- demoware
- donationware
- dreamware
- emailware
- fanware
- fatware
- firmware
- foistware
- Formationware
- freeware
- fritterware
- garageware
- greenwareCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#WARE
- groupware
- guiltware
- herdware
- heroinware
- hijackware
- junkware
- liveware
- malware
- meatware
- middleware
- missionware
- nagware
- otherware
- parasiteware
- payware
- postcardware
- psychedelicware
- pupperware
- pushware
- ransomware
- retroware
- scareware
- scumware
- shareware
- shelfware
- shitware
- shovelware
- slideware
- spyware
- stiffware
- thiefware
- treeware
- TrellisWare®
- trialware
- vaporware
- warmware
- wetware
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#WARECategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#WARE -ware, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WARECategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WARE *-wari, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WARECategory:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WARE *warjaz (“dwellers of”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ware plCategory:Middle English lemmas#WARECategory:Middle English suffixes#WARECategory:Middle English noun-forming suffixes#WARECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#WARECategory:Middle English pluralia tantum#WARECategory:Pages with entries#WARECategory:Pages with 3 entries#WARE
- (Early Middle EnglishCategory:Early Middle English#WARE, rareCategory:Middle English rare terms#WARE, no longer productive) A suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ⇒ Early Modern English: endware
References
- “wāre, n plural.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WARECategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WARE *-wari, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WARECategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WARE *warjaz (“dwellers of”). Cognate with Old High German -āri (“inhabitants of”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ware m plCategory:Old English lemmas#WARECategory:Old English suffixes#WARECategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#WARECategory:Old English masculine suffixes#WARECategory:Old English pluralia tantum#WARECategory:Pages with entries#WARECategory:Pages with 3 entries#WARE
- (used in the singular) suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place
- eall sēo buruhwaru ― the people of a city, the entire citizenryCategory:Old English terms with usage examples#WARE
- (used in the plural) suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place
- burgwaras ― residents of a burg, burghers, citizensCategory:Old English terms with usage examples#WARE
- Lundunwaran ― LondonersCategory:Old English terms with usage examples#WARE
- Rōmware ― residents of Rome; RomansCategory:Old English terms with usage examples#WARE
Declension
- (masc. i-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | -ware |
| accusative | — | -ware |
| genitive | — | -wara |
| dative | — | -warum |
- (masc. a-stem)
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | -waras |
| accusative | — | -waras |
| genitive | — | -wara |
| dative | — | -warum |
- (masc. n-stem)
Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | -waran |
| accusative | — | -waran |
| genitive | — | -warena |
| dative | — | -warum |
- (fem. ō-stem)
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -waru | -wara, -ware |
| accusative | -ware | -wara, -ware |
| genitive | -ware | -wara |
| dative | -ware | -warum |