The suffix -aire is used in American English. The suffix that forms nouns in French loanwords
Loanword
A loanword (also loan word or loan-word) is a word adopted from another language (the donor language) and incorporated into a recipient language without translation. It is distinguished from a calque (loan translation), which is a word or phrase whose meaning or idiom is adopted from another language by translation into existing words or roots of the recipient language.
What is the meaning of the suffix air?
Over thirteen years, the Air suffix has taken on many diverse roles across Apple's product lineup. Contained to Apple's portables, the Air has represented a gamut of qualities, from Apple's boldest & most cutting-edge tech to its oldest, most beleaguered designs.
What is the noun for Aire?
Noun 1. Aire - a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire Aire River, River Aire
What is the meaning of the suffix-Aire?
-aire a suffix that forms nouns denoting a person characterized by or occupied with that named by the stem, occurring in loanwords from French: concessionaire; doctrinaire; legionnaire; millionaire.
Air as Cutting Edge
Announced by Steve Jobs at Macworld 2008, the MacBook Air was breathtakingly thin & light for its time. Photo by Matthew Yohe.
Air as Standard Fare
In 2010, Apple introduced a redesigned Air which came in an 11.6” & 13.3” form factor.
Air as Top Tier
The iPad Air in 2013 & Air 2 in 2014 became the best tablet offerings from Apple for their time.
Air as Legacy
By the time 2016 rolled around, Air began to take on a new meaning. Where it once held the title for being at the forefront of design and feature offerings, the Air specs gradually came to feel quite dated.
Air as Untouchable
Nothing could deter people from buying the aging MacBook Air despite devices like the 12” MacBook & redesigned MacBook Pro in Apple’s lineup.
Air as AWOL
For nearly two years, from early 2017 to 2019, the iPad Air disappeared. After the Air 2 was discontinued, Apple introduced a new suffix-less 6th generation iPad that sold alongside the mini 4 & both display sizes of the iPad Pro. Costing just $329, the new iPad was priced competitively over something like the Air 2, but it was thicker (7.5mm v.
Air Becomes the Best for Most
Late 2018 & early 2019 introduced a new motif for the Air. Now, the Air became the product intentionally built for being the product that was best for most.
