-ia

Suffix

morpheme

Used in forming plurals of nouns in -ium and -ion.

Japanese Meaning

「-ia」は、-iumおよび-ionで終わる名詞の複数形を形成するために用いられる接尾辞です。

What is this buttons?

In scientific nomenclature, the suffix -ia is commonly used to form plurals of nouns ending in -ium and -ion, transforming bacterium into bacteria and criterion into criteria.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

科学的命名法では、-iumや -ionで終わる名詞の複数形を作る接尾辞がよく用いられ、bacteriumはbacteriaに、criterionはcriteriaになります。

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Used in forming plurals of nouns in -ium and -ion.

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