different between erme vs ferme
erme
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from ermen, from Old English yrman. See yearn.
Verb
erme (third-person singular simple present ermes, present participle erming, simple past and past participle ermed)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to feel sad.
Anagrams
- -mere, Emer., Mere, REME, meer, mere, reem
Italian
Noun
erme f
- plural of erma
Anagrams
- mere
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse ermr
Noun
erme n (definite singular ermet, indefinite plural ermer, definite plural erma or ermene)
- a sleeve (part of a garment that covers the arm)
Derived terms
- ermeløs
- skjorteerme
References
- “erme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- erm f (this spelling is preferred)
Etymology
From Old Norse ermr
Noun
erme n (definite singular ermet, indefinite plural erme, definite plural erma)
- a sleeve (as above)
Derived terms
- ermelaus
- skjorteerme
References
- “erme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Zazaki
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European.
Noun
erme ?
- arm
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ferme
English
Noun
ferme (plural fermes)
- (cant) A hole.
References
- OED2
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??m/
Etymology 1
From Middle French ferme, from Old French ferm, ferme (“solid”), from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”), from Proto-Italic *fermos, from Proto-Indo-European *d?er-mo-s (“holding”), from the root *d?er- (“to hold”)
Adjective
ferme (plural fermes)
- firm
Synonyms
- dur
- décidé
Derived terms
- de pied ferme
- terre ferme
Noun
ferme f (plural fermes)
- (carpentry) roof truss
Verb
ferme
- inflection of fermer:
- first-person and third-person singular present indicative and subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 2
From Middle French ferme (“farm, farm buildings”), from Old French ferme (“lease for working, rent, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma (“rent, tax, tribute, farm”), from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *ferm?, *firhuma- (“means of living, subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhw? (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perk?- (“life, force, strength, tree”). Related to Old English feorh (“life, spirit”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (fair?us, “the world”). Compare also Old English feormeh?m (“farm”), feormere (“purveyor”).
Noun
ferme f (plural fermes)
- farm
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Romanian: ferm?
Further reading
- “ferme” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
ferme f pl
- feminine plural of fermo
Noun
ferme f pl
- plural of ferma
Anagrams
- freme, fremé
Latin
Etymology
From *ferim?, earlier superlative of fer?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?er- (“to hold”). Cognates include firmus.
Adverb
ferm? (not comparable)
- Closely, quite, entirely, fully, altogether, just.
- In general, generally, usually, commonly, for most of the time.
References
- ferme in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ferme in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ferme in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French ferm, ferme (“solid”), from Latin firmus (“solid, secure”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?er- (“to hold”).
Adjective
ferme m or f (plural fermes)
- firm
Descendants
- French: ferme
Old French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin ferma, firma (“rent, tax, tribute, farm”), from Old English feorm (“rent, provision, supplies, feast”), from Proto-Germanic *firm?, *ferm? (“means of living, subsistence”), from *firhu- (“life force, body, being”), from Proto-Indo-European *perk?- (“life, force, strength, tree”).
Noun
ferme f (oblique plural fermes, nominative singular ferme, nominative plural fermes)
- lease (letting agreement)
- the land leased
- farm
Descendants
- Middle English: ferme, farme
- English: farm
- Welsh: fferm
- French: ferme
Adjective
ferme f
- oblique and nominative singular feminine of ferm
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ferme]
Noun
ferme f
- indefinite plural of ferm?
- indefinite genitive/dative singular of ferm?
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